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FOOD PROBLEMS
SOLVED BY NAVY
Its Transportation's Largely
h Under Direction of U. S.
Steamer
I,radon. April 2t. Transportation
of food to Germany is largely under
the direction of the United States
nary hut this work will entail only
an addition to the vast system of
food distribution maintained by the
navy since the armistice. The sys
tem utilised successfully in provid
ing for hundreds of thousands in the
Near Fast. Balkans, Poland. Finland
and Belgium will be applied to Ger
many.
The navy's job is to get the food
to the plane desired by Herbert C.
Hoover and to protect it until it is
taken over by responsible authori
ties. The navy will see that the
supplies are transported to Hamburg
and Bremen and guard it with war
ships and men until it Is delivered to
persons who assume responsibility for
its distribution.
Thus far the navy has used 87
ships for food and supplies for people
who could not live without outside
assistance. Of these 63 were manned
entirely by navy men and their ac
tivities covered a wide territory.
Until the task of feeding Germany
was taken over the most extensive,
work was centered in Constantinople
whence, it was attempted to sent! food
to the Rumanians. Armenians and
Serbians. Food ships also wore sent
from Constantinople to Beirut, Baku
and Constanza always with enough
fighting ships to insure their protec
tion.
WHITE TRUCKS
Double Reduction Gear Drive
34 to 5-Ton Capacity
Once a User, Always a White Booster
CONOVER MOTOR CO., INC.
Bill
Copyright metered. 1919
HALF SQUARE FROM THE SQUARE
SEVEN SOUTH RIVER AVE.
If Your Battery Could Talk
One thing it would say is-."Don't starve me."
Another: "Don't let me die of thirst."
A third: "Test me often with a hydrometer."
Those are all simple rules, and easy to re
member, but to.your battery they mean the.
difference between a long life and a short one.
There are other things that ought to be
kept in mind if you look after your own
battery. It will pay you to ask us what these
are the next time you come in for£a hydrom
eter test or to have distilled water put into
your battery.
Motor Supply Co.
(NO BETTER CAR
AT ANY PRICE
INTRINSIC WORTH
There is not another car on the American mar
ket which embodies so many standard and high
priced features at so low a price as the Velie!
A review of the special Furthermore, the Velie
Velie features is convinc- i s mere elegant than most
ing proof of the excellence T . . . _
of the car. Uook them cars " Ita ralrror bod y fln "
over. Velie - Continental ish is twenty coats deep,
motor; Timken axles, its lines are long and con
front and rear; Hotchkiss tinuous, its smartly-tilting •
drive; dry plate multiple Windshield, gently round
disc clutch and wonderful ed body sides and plaited
riding qualities due to the upholstery make it a car
long three-quarter elliptic that YOU will be proud
springs. to own.
THE VELIE IS THE CAR FOR YOU! We
are assured that nowhere else will you find a
value like that of the Velie.
M- Rex Garage & Supply Co.
Distributors
u MSST* 1 1917 N. THIRD ST.
SATURDAY EVL
THE TRAFFIC OOP AGAIN—
HE WTlilj KEEP OUT
OF THE RAIN
A couple of weeks ago we men
tioned the fact that on rainy days,
trafile cops in the central part of
the city, were as scarce as sleigh
rides in July. Taking particular
notice on two or three occasions
since when it has been raining, his
tory has repeated itself. Occasion
ally a cop will get out in the street
—where he should be—stay there a
few minutes and then disappear. It
is our belief that the traffic cop
should be more on the alert on wet
rairy days than any other time for
with wet streets and blurred wind
shields, motor traffics is needed
more then than at other times. It
is disagreeable to stand out In the
rain, but then that is part of the
life of a cop and must be endured.
It isn't all sunshine and honey, wo
know. And then again they are
relieved every hour pr so. So let's
have a little more service on rainy
days. ,
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
rl Features of Interest to Motorists
Ft ALFRED P. DA VIES
WWTE ' >CK, OWNED BY AMERICAN CHAIN
COMPANY, STOPS IN HARRISBVRG
A large White truck, especially]
equipped as an advertising car, and [
in charge of C. L. Stevens and F.
11. Larkin, representatives of the j
American Chain Company of [
Bridgeport. Conn., who are touring;
the country in the interest of the j
Chain Company stopped at the close '
sales and service station of White I
trucks and touring cars the other <
KKEPKfI ACCESSORY
STORES OPEN ON
SI'NDAY UNNECESSARY
There has been considerable com- i
ment lately .on the necessity of ac- i
cessory stores and tire shops re- [
maining open on Sundays. Many!
people are of the opinion that this I
is unnecessary and others think |
that it is. But is it? The motorist |
who contemplates going touring]
Sundays or taking a trip of some
length when in need of a new pair!
of shoes, a new hat, a duster, a J
thermos bottle and a lunch (if there ;
is to be a picnic by the roadside),]
makes sure to purchase those 1
articles SATURDAY. Then why not!
buy his gas, tires, tubes and other}
automobile supplies, too, 011 Satur
day? Just as easy. But the ma-'
jority of motorists think that there j
is sure to be a store open where he 1
can get the necessities for his ma-1
chine and so neglects to make those }
purchases on a week day. He (
makes his.other purchase the day]
before, because he knows those'
stores will be closed Sunday.
Six' days a week has b&en the
precedent set for all classes of work- i
ing people in which to make a liv
ing. The seventh day is devoted to
rest or recreatiou. The accessory
stores are forced to remain open
the six days and should it be neces
sary for them to remain open the
seventh day by an all too forgetful
public, when are the owners and
clerks going to get their rest or
recreation? They, too, like to go
touring on Sundays.
So the question resolves itself
BLACK'S GARAGE
205 South Seventeenth St.
THE GARAGE OF SERVICE
Below is a Price List of Our New Method of Retreading
Tires
30x3*4 SIO.OO
32x3% ---- $ll.OO
31x4 - $13.00
32x4 J $13.50
33x4 $14.00
34x4 - $15.00
36x4 S 16.50
34x4% - $17.0©
35x4% SIB.OO
36x4% $20.00
35x5 $22.00
37x5 ■ $24.00
We Do All Kinds of Tire and Tube Vulcanizing
All Work Absolutely Guaranteed to Give A 1 Service and
Satisfaction
Also a complete Htock of lIlKh-grrade Tires, Oils, Greases, Acces
sories always on hand-—at your service.
Give Us a Call Next Time You Need Your Tire Repaired—
or Want a New One
BLACK'S GARAGE
205 South Seventeenth St.
THE GARAGE OF SERVICE
J k
fm *■ * OVRBU-RETQ-R Wjy
§ SPEED I
raw V EN if you don't want racing speed, ivu,
fffl) I-J there are lota of times when a few
extra miles will make your car fejj)
cmm fegj
When you can't pass the car ahead,
Vfajl when a little extra speed will get you out
of the bunch of cars on the road, that's YyJ/
when a few extra miles per hour count. Imr
- A Rayficld Carburetor means SPEED i\2.
y/L as well as power, pep, pull, endurance and jW
ym economy. Drive around tomorrow. We Efij
VM will tell you in detail just what a Rayficld (Sffli
will do for that car of yours.
Federick's Garage
18OT-O0 NORTH SEVENTH ST.
Dtatrlbntora
General Automobile Repairing
Hupmobile Service Station
HAKRXSBtrRO TELEtiKAjfy;
afternoon w
York. The Cm on their way toi
pany is the lo®r Motor Car Com-
This car as seSVhite distributors,
specially adaptedn tho picture is
doing. It is a 19l th© work it is
seen considerable "nodel and has
men were high in gvice. Both
the work it is doing S praise for
did way in which it i the splen
" 'ding up.
! back to the motoring public "
1 best solution is to make any* t"®j
sary pureliase for tTie autorfi®®"
ion Saturday afternoon or even l ®
j This is certainly to be apprecla't
j by the accessory stores and is bout
i to be of mutual benefit to all.
.
! REX G ARAGE GF7TS AGENCY
I FOR JORDAN CARS
j Announcement is made that the
j Rex Garage and Supply Company,
| 1917 North Third street, has been
: appointed tho agency for this terri
j tory, for tho well known Jordan
| cars. This line of cars is well
! known in Harrisburg, having been
j handled here some time ago.
| The Jordan is among the better
! grade of cars with many of the at-
I taohments that mean comfort and
are onlv found on the higher priced
! oars. It has an all aluminum body
1 and come in various models that
! meet every requirement of tho
j motorist.
A demonstrator has been deliver
ed to the Rex and is now on dis
play there. Deliveries will begin
i almost immediately. This new hne
of cars is being handled In con
junction with the Velie, for which
the Rex is the Central Pennsylvania
distributor.
THIRD STREET, NORTH, FAST
BECOMING AUTO DISTRICT
During the past month or so there
has been noUeeable changes along
North Third street in the business
houses located along that busy thor
oughfare and a large majority of
these changes have been made" by
the automobile Industry. North
Third street 16 fhst becoming the
automobile center of Harrisburg.
From North street to Peffer, there
are a largo number of vulcanizing
plants, radiator repair shops, acces
sory stores and automobilo show
rooms and many changes are to be
made in the next month'or.so. Sev
eral new .accessory stores, repair
establishments and show rooms are
in the course of construction. Store
rooms that housed other enterprises
are being remodeled to suit tho par-'
ticular line of automobile business
that is going in them.
• North Third street, linked up with
Market street from the Square to
the River, with Eleventh street from
State street down to Borryhill, and
1 several districts out on the Hill,
| form the centers of automobilo ae
j tivities in Harrisburg that show
that this community is a great aUto
| mobile center and one that "is hard
jto meet by cities in corhmtinitios
with much larger populations.
SQUARE DKAIi AUTO SCURRY
CO. BUYS NEW BUILDING
Announcement is made by H. A.
Haas, owner of the Square Deal
Auto Supply Company, 1410 North .
Third street, that he has purchased
the building at 1418-20 North Third
street and that In the near' future
he will remodel this building to
accommodate his last growing ac
cessory business.
Mr. Haas is one of tho pioneers
in the accessory business up town.
He started in his present location
in 1912 and has increased his busi
ness to such an extent thatta larger
i room is necessary. When! the re
modeling of his new rooms is com-
leted he will have one of the fin
tas well a,s largest accessory
-cs in the city.
Til
CONDITIONS BAD
ANDU/NUT BETWEEN TIHRD
Unt ?URTH STREETS
and Fo^ alnut street between Third
der the 11 streets is widened un-
Park, tra an tlla new Capitol
be bad. S conditions there will
Penn-Harris 0 the opening of the
Theater on \* d v-ith the Majestic
always been a s street, there have
mobiles parkec Ke numfe cr of auto
side. Parking %,ons the north
for any length ol® re is Permitted
south side park'ni?" e while on ' the
for thirty minute 1 only Permitted
traffic on Walnut SL West bt> und
use the car tracks et is f °rced to
He is east on Wali{ eet car trar "
when a car and aut "I™ 01 and
one or the other must ] oblle 'Jiff 1,
could ho eliminated ifif llls
no parking allowed on^ ero was
side for then there would
lano from Fourth to Thi\ e a olear
evidently is some reason , re
has not been done long age y
this condition is very not'cf*fi? ause
many motorists have been \ and
in the jam. Motorists forced
vvalnut street as a parking
should keep their cars there as'sliT
a time as possible and by doing'!
would help relieve a bad conditio 1 ?
D. 11. HAGERLING TELLS OF
EXPECTED RISE IN PRICES •
L - H. Hagerling, manager of the
Hagerling Motor Car Company, 1135
Mulberry street, in a letter to the
Auto Editor speaks about the pre
vailing prices on automobiles and
says that he believes there will be
an Increase instead of a decrease in
the near future. The letter in part
follows:
"Many people who have the
money to buy automobiles and are
putting it off until prices take a
drop are not only losing a lot of
real pleasure, but they have not
been watching tho trend of prices
of both materials and labor,
"Basing my statement upon pnices
of other things which have taken a
sudden rise and considering the fact
that many automobile manufactur
ers have been forced to raise their
prices since the armistice was sign-'
ed. I believe the prices will climb
even higher than during the war
period.
"The Pilot Motor Car Company
will continue its policy of building
only quality cars at as low a price
as possible. They will not let the
price interfere with their using the
best materials available. Pilot
owners have always praised this
policy and after all that is tho final
test. If the owner of a car is satis
fied that he is getting the highest
value for his money, then the policy
should be continued."'
MILDER AUTO CO. INC.
PURCHASES BUILDINGS IN
LEBANON AND MECHAJFLCSBURG
The Miller Auto Company, Inc., of
58 South Cameron street, have Jusjt
completed the purchase of Glolnger
property at the corner of Ninth and.
Cumberland streets, Lebanon. This
lot is 66x186 feet and will be imme
diately remodeled so that .' at its
compleUon it will be one" of the
most up-to-date garages and auto
mobile show rooms In Central Penn
sylvania. It will have a large plate
glass front, with show rooms and
accessory store and the rear will
be devoted as a service station for
Maxwell, Oldsmoblle and Hnynes
touring cars and Mack trucks for
which the Miller Auto Company Is
the local distributors. >
They have also purchased the
Merchants Hotel in Mechatiicsburg
and will remodel this building the
same as th- Lebanon building so
that It too will be an up-to-the
minute automobile show, room and
service station. At both Lebanon
and Mechanicsburg the business has
increased to sqch proportions that
the buildings now being used have
proved inadequate and necessitated
the new structures. B. F. ; Barker
is the lqcal manager, H. H. Harking
is the Lebanon manager and C. Guy
Myers is tho Mechanlcsb'ufg man
ager.
Says Japan Has Big
Trade Advantages
Over British and U. S.
Glasgow, April 26. Japanese
manufacturers in almost every line
of trade are able to undersell their
British and American competitors
by as much as 33 1-3 per. cent, and
still gain a profit, according to the
Journal of the Glaegow Chamber of
Commerce. The trade paper attri
butes Japan's advantage to lAwer
wages and facilities for transpor
tation. t
In 1917, the Journal adds, Japan
made a very marked advqnce, in
Importation of raw materials ami
tho conversion of them into finished!
goods for export. Th eoost of labor,
says the paper, la the crucial ques-1
tlon in the problem of how far
\ e New Silhouette —from France
Fronv?rance —the land of
soul and where ideals
are never > r g o t:en and beauty
is necessary.) ca( h jay's Jiving
—has corner inspiration for
the new Jorirj Silhouette.
a^ r or£ * s kind
of comfort—moj physical.
- \ou may l° u ngHeep-seated as
they do. in other nds> Knces
are not too higi wu..i
placed right. Pq s and
arm
rests where you vva t h em
There is a cockj ront seat
cowl slanting sport nds hi c j d
—perfectly flat top-ea without
the slightest bevel — r tai n l V
most refreshing in thelj a y S<
Rex Gara & Auto Supply Co. /—N
( WK* JT T CPVTTPT DISTRIBUTORS /UORDANX
L. L SHETTEL M 19 N 3RD R 1
Both Phones S . S . Pomeroyi Pres . VX/
JORDAN MOTOR Ct COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO
DOUBLE THE RANGE OP PERFORMANCE \
IWMM HAIF THE COST OF OPERATION >*'! f>t&|
•_ HMPM , Bght Exclusive 'Body Styles
•Hi | i
I KIRK AND OCRS ?£ f
GARAGE libit. Auto Tire Repair Ull
I ; 10th mni Walnut Stft. 131 . Third }
COLE MOTOR
' 1 'il 1 li| *1 *1 1 ' 'Hi Ift ii>i i A HfiiQ
1 VULCANIZING IN THE HEART OF THICITY |
■* , We specialize in vulcanizing, and any piece of work leaving out sh bears our I
A guarantee. We are prepared to render tje best service and give ateolukatisfartinn f
f HARRISBURG AUTO AND TIRE REPAI CO. I
, *,; FRED VICKERY, Manager £
| Both Phones 131 j. i rd Street I
APRIL 1 26, 1919. *
| Great Britain can hold hor own
against Japanese competition. In
| tho Japanese weaving factories,
fourteen women or girls are em-
The whole body is a little
more slender with a new French
angle at the dash. Mouldings
are smartly rectangular. Doors
are broad-opening in a full half
circle.
A cordovan leather boot and
saddle bag is built into the ton
neau. Top is carefully fitted.
Hardware substantial and artistic.
And the Silhouette is the
lightest and best balanced car on
the road —for its wheelbase.
Furnished in four or seven
passenger capacity in either
Egyptian Bronze or Burgundy
Old Wine.
ployed to one man or boy,
tlio proportion In the great English!
textile industry in Lancashire Is tw|
women to one man. I