8 DIAMONDS USED IN PRODUCTION OF NASH CARS $50,000 Worth Arc Used Each Year by Nash Motors ' Company Fifty thousand dollars worth of diamonds are used each year In the production of Nash passenger cars and trucks. The diamond, regarded generally as a luxury is not so class ified by the production department of the Nash Motors Company where It Is looked upon as an essential and as such is held responsible for eome of the most important machine operations that go into the various parts of the Nash Six. The jeweler has developed for the diamond, settings that Tnspire admir ation poets have enshrined it with a halo of romance but the automo bile manufacturer quick to perceive its more practical possibilities has literally put the diamond "in over alls" and set it to work. Instead of its more familiar back ground of gold and platinum the dia mond as seen in the Nash factory . is "set" in a small socket at the end of a short and unromantic steel bar Both diamond and set ting" are covered with grease and grime and in this unsightly but prac tical garb the "job" assigned to the king of gems is the more or ' c fs prosaic though vitally important duty of regrinding the surfaces of emery wheels. , It is the emery wheel that is de pended upon for the high degree of ; accuracy demanded in the Nash fac- j tory for bearing surfaces of the , crank shaft, the cam shaft and for j pistons, transmission sleeves' and similar parts that must be smoothed so that the surface will not vary as much as a one-thousandth part of an inch. In the Nash plant are scores of wheels used for this pur pose and each is manned by a highly skilled operator. After each operation of the emery wheel the diamond is brought into play. Pressed against the spin- j ning wheel the diamond is made to regrind its surface so that subse quent operations of the wheel on surface of steel parts will produce accurate results. The diamonds used for this pur pose by the Nash Motors Company There is never a question in the mind of any VIM owner that his truck is not rendering him economical and depend able service. There's a reason. Vim Trucks There are fourteen different body types on the VIM Chassis. It will fit your business. Let us tell you about it. ANDII^EDMOND Distributor THIRD & REILY STS. Harrisburg, Pa. Bell 2133 ' Dial ■>! Recent Purchasers of the Dependable GIANT MOTOR TRUCKS Henry Hirsch Appleby Bros. & Whittaker C. E. Coppedge W. J. Morton N. C. Brandt and N. L. Kapp David F. Floyd, Lancaster Andrews Coal Co., Lancaster G. E. COOPER ft SOX, HARRISBIRG LUMBER CO. The Giant has won a reputation, not through talk, but by merit. In competitive demonstrations the performance of the Giant has outclassed other trucks of the same rating. , It operates on mixtures of gasoline and kerosene and reduces operating costs by 50 per cent. It is the most economical truck on the market today. Made in 1, 2 and SH-ton sires. J. E. DARE 209 Chestnut St. or 17th & Chestnut Sts. SATURDAY EVENING, AUTOMOBILE NEWS TIMELY LOCAL FEATURES OF INTEREST TO AUTOISTS BY ALFRED P. DA VIES, AUTO EDITOR. BLACK'S GARAGE, SHOWING THE NEW ADDITION ADDED TO TAKE CARE OF INCREASING BUSINESS The above illustration shows t he newly remodeled garage used by Black's Garage as a tire vulcanis ing store and for automobile storage. Business has been increasing to such an extent that the old struc ture proved inadequate to the needs of the tlrm, which required the remodeling. A large room in the rear is used for .vulcanizing purposes, while the front is used as an accessory store. It is located at 205 South Seventeenth street. vary from three-quarters of a carat to eight carats in size. STANDARD EIGHT AGENCY GOES TO TAYLOR & CO. Chester Taylor & Co., located at the corner of Seventeenth and Derry streets, have been appointed dis tributors in Dauphin. Cumberland and Lebanon counties for the well known Standard Eight. The Stand ard Eight bears an enviable repu tation in many sections of the coun try and comprises a line of moder ate priced cars that have many well-defined qualities. A car load just been received by this com pany and more are expected in a few days. At the present time only the larger models are being receiv ed here, but by the middle of July or the first of August, a lighter model is expected. Chester Taylor Co. have been established here for some time, but have not handled a car until ex cepting the Standard agency. They have been operating a first-class re pair station and are well equipped to take care of the service end of their new agency. Sales and serv ice will be maintained from their garage at Seventeenth and Derry streets. i RECKLESS DRIVING IN CITY INCREASING The many accidents and near ac cidents that have \>een occurring here in the past month attest to the increasing recklessness of many of the drivers or passenger cars and trucks. While the speed limit has been lixed by the council at twenty four miles an hour, it is evident that many drivers are either unable J to read their speedometers or do not care to drive within the limit. ' Speeding on an open road is dan i serous at the best, but speeding in ( the city where there is such heavy i traffic, both of machines and pedes- I trians, verges on the reckless. Seem- I ingly, many drivers give little ( thought to the property and person iof others and even of themselves. ! They drive a car as though they were in a forty acre field with no I one in it but themselves. Last Saturday evening the writer ' witnessed a piece of reckless driv | ing which might have resulted in the i killing of several people. A Second | street car was going down town, : when nearing Verbeke street, two | machines tried to pass. There were ! at least a half a dozen people wait ing to board the car at the street in tersection. Another street car was I following the first car, which did ! not intend to stop. The first ma i chine cut in front of the street car j and got through all right, but the, : second machine, in trying to pass, had to cut so close to the trolley j car to avoid hitting the people that , i it ran over the fender of the car. . Had the car been going a little fas i ter it is possible that the machine' | would have been thrown into the j crowd. Another bad street where acci : dents are numerous is Green street, j j At nearly every intersection, serious ■ accidents have occurred due to the j recklessness of drivers. There are i many who use this street as a speed i way, and many others cross it as ' though there was no intersection at | all. It is nothing to see a machine I crossing Green street going thirty | miles and more an hour. This is ! decided recklessness for it is impos sible to have a machine under eon i trol going that speed. The other evening an accident happened at the I corner of Green and Kelker streets i in which a machine going down Kel ker from Third hit another car go . ing down Green street with such force that the one machine was thrown clear over on the sidewalk on its side. It was claimed by a passenger of the car coming down i Kelker street that the car was only ! moving eight miles an hour, yet it skidded more than thirty feet before hitting the other car and beside knocked it on to the sidewalk. Man> motorists are able to stop their car [ within its own length when going but eight miles an hour, for that is ! little more than a walk. It is high time that the police of ! ficials take a hand and curb this growing menace. Motor cars are i becoming too thick to permit reck i lessness of this nature, and the sooner some one is shown up in the j matter the better it will be for all i concerned. HOIN TO SELL LTBERTY ! AND COLE MACHINES Kirk and Ochs, distributors for : the Liberty Six. the Cole Aero Eight : and the All-American truck have i secured the service of C. E. Hoin, a 1 well-known automobile man. Hoin j will act as the wholesale represen ! tative in this territory for all three ' of the machines mentioned above, | and will also be retail salesman in I this city for the Liberty and Cole. He li s W ell known in automobile circles having been connected with leading firms here for some time. He as sumed his duties last week. Has Plan to Rebuild His Own Parish Worcester, Eng., May 2 4.—"My i parish ought to be blown up. The ! only way to deal with it would be Ito put fourteen batteries of 5-inch | guns on Malvern Hills, clear the peo- I pie out and blow the parish to i pieces, and then rebuild it, fit for | man to live in." • That Is how the Rev. G. A. Stud | dert Kennedy, vicar of St. Paul's Church here, would proceed to se cure better housing conditions, he told a large gathering in a theater of this city. WANTED TO KNOW The policeman pulled the man out from under the wreck and helped him to his feet. "Are you the owner of this car?" he asked. "No," replied the Injured man, "I'm a demonstrator." "And did you have to demon strate that the car couldn't climb a tree?"— Boston Transcript. A CANADIAN CRIME Manitoba Free Press: "Sentence of Mike Ancon, found guilty of house keeping. was postponed yesterday af ternoon." —Boston TransoripL VIOLINS American make, at very reason able prices. Yohn Bros. A3 N. 4th St. HAJUUSBUKG O£s£Ao. TELEGRAPH" KIRK AND OCHS AGENTS FOR ALL.AMERICAN TRUCK Announcement ts made that Kirk and Ochs, owners of the Harrisburg Auto and Tire Repair Company and the Liberty Garage at Sixteenth and Walnut streets, have taken on the agency for the Ail-American truck. This truck is equipped with the Herschall-Spillman 4-cylinder mo tor, Dixie high-tension magneto, internal gear drive and artillery wheels. It is of one-ton capacity with a chassis weight of 2,800 pounds. It is equipped with pneu matic tires in front and solid tires in the rear, and has a wheel base of 130 inches. Any style body can be adapted to the chassis. Sales and service will be maintain ed for this truck as well as for the Liberty Six. and the Cole Aero Eight and both the new Liberty Garage and at the Harrisburg Auto and Tire Repair Co., 13L. South Third street. SHERMAN, OCT OF SERVICE, REOPENS RADIATOR WORKS. E. J. Sherman, the proprietor of the Auto Radiator works at 125 South Cameron street, who was in ducted into the service more than a year ago, has been discharged and recently reopened his radiator works at the old location. Sherman had worked up a large number of cus tomers before entering the army who will be glad to hear of his re turn. His shop is one of the best equipped in the city for this special work, and the mechanics are among the best. He has been in this business for a number of years, and is acquainted with practically every make of radiator on the mar ket. Prompt service will be the by word at this shop and well as qual ity work. PEERLES CI,TPS EIGHT SECONDS OFF "RTM-OF THE-WORLD" RECORD A Peerless Eight driven by Charles Basle recently broke the famous "Rim-of-thie-wo?ld" record at St. Bernardino, Calf. The course where this record is competed every year is eight miles long over a nar row road with endless curves up the side of the hills of the famous Wa terman Canyon. The Peerless made the distance through heavy fog in 18 minutes and four-fifth seconds. This is eight seconds less than the previ ous record which has stood for more than two years. DID'T HAVE TO TELL HIM She was struggling with English; he the Irish sergeant, with French. He had just rendered her a slight favor. "Mercy, bow coop," it sound ed like to him. "Sure." he retorted, courteously, "an" ye didn't have to say coop to me. mademezelle. I know y'wuz chicken the minute I laid me eyes on ye."—Edinburgh Scotsman. YOU SHOULD * Do You Mean Business ? You have a truck—yon are In business— hnt do you mean business? Would you do most anything to further your interests? There is one thing you should do. Get a new body for your truck. That old one doesn't look good and it is liable to fall apart under a heavy load most any time, let us make that new body for you. Our equipment and organization enables us to fill your needs In a superior way. Fair's Truck bodies liave won a wide reputation for giving longer service at less cost than ordi nary bodies. Wo use only the best material assuring longevity of usefulness at a cost that moans money saved. We invite inquiries on building a body to your specifications or particular requirements. We nlso do Welding and Brazing, Spring and A vie Work. Touring Cdr Tops Recovered, One-Man Tops put on. CM EMI VI Carriage and Auto . A. rAIK Works 1135 MULBERRY STREET East End of Mulberry St. Bridge Phone Bell 2679 or Call. Further Your . j Business FARMERS OF U.S. LARGEST USERS OF MOTOR TRUCKS 79,789 Motor Trucks Used in Hauling Farm Froducts During 1917 Ask this question of any average j business man—"What branch of in dustry is the largest user of motor trucks to-day?" The business man i feels confident that there isn't much | room for argument here —the an- ! swer is to obvious. Who but the j retail merchant can be the largest user? Just look at the big fleets of motor trucks operated by the large department stores of our cities and the innumerable individual trucks owned by the small merchant! The merchant must be the chief user. No? Well, then, the manu facturer, of course! (This with pa tronizing condescension) for if it isn't a merchant it must of neces sity be the manufacturer. But — he's wrong again. The farmer of the United States |is the largest user of motor trucks | compiled for 1917 showed that there i were 79,789 motor trucks engaged in I hauling farm products at that time, topping the list. The manufacturers i came second with a total of 75,928 '■ motor trucks to their credit, and the i retail merchant third with a total of 74,486. It is estimated that dur jing 1918 approximately 350,000,000 tons of farm products were handled by motor trucks by the farmers and ; trucks gardners of the United States. I The motor truck has attained a place of such importance and prom inence on the American farm that I during the past year the United | States Department of Agriculture ' conducted an extensive country-wide 'investigation to determine the prac : tical value of the motor truck to the | farmer. The results of this investi gation were published in the Monthly I Crop Report for October, 1918, is ' sued by the United States Depart ! ment of Agriculture. This report ; showed that the per ton mile cost ; of hauling farm products with motor I trucks was in many instances less i than one-half that of hauling with : horse and wagon. ! The specific figures indicate that the per ton mile cost of hauling wheat or corn with motor truck is | 15 cents as compared to 30 cents and ;35 cents, respectively, with horses, i This is the average for the United States, the figures varying of course in different localities. The report shows that in the South hauling cot ton by horse and wagon cost the planter 40 cents per ton mile, where as he is now doing the same work with the motor truck at the nominal cost of 18 cents per ton mile. Aside from its value as an eco nomical transport unit for hauling i crops, the motor truck is used very ■ extensively for delivering live stock jto the big packing plant centers. ! During the year of 1918, a total of | 199,076 head of live stock were de i livered to the Sooth Omaha stock yards by motor truck. This total comprised 188,417 head of hogs, 5,- 848 head of cattle, and 4,811 sheep. Stock was brought in by farmers from distances up to 70 and 80 miles. Motor truck deliveries by farmers are being made on similar scale at all leading stock yards. A total of 575 motor trucks from the country loaded with livestock were counted i in one day at Indianapolis last sum | mer. The reason for the popularity of the motor truck in this branch of farm transportation is quite evident when it is known that the livestock shrinkage saved by this method over horse and wagon or rail shipment amounts to enough, as a rule, to ef fect the cost of motor truck opera tion. The most recent development in rural motor truck transportation is the rural motor express. In lowa alone there are 187 motor trucks operating on regular advertised schedules, serving the farmers along the routes covered. In Arkansas, one rural motor express concern covers a route of 100 miles and hauls mail to twelve inland postoflices. The' American farmer is the largest producer in the world, so It Is only natural that' he should be the larg est motor truck user—his need for this form of transportation is greater than that of anyone else. And with the building and development of good roads he is bound to maintain the lead he has already gained. What Every Business Man Wants LOW-COST Hauling—The average motor truck purchaser is not so much interested in how a motor truck is built. What really interests him is how much mileage he is going to get out of his truck for every dollar invested. International Motor Trucks have been built with this one feature constantly in mind, hauling the load the greatest distance with least expense. A Motor Truck That Lasts Every part of an International Motor Truck that is subject to wear is provided with a removable bearing or ' bushing. It" these parts are replaced when worn, and the truck is given the care and attention that arty high grade machine deserves, an International truck will last and serve for years. Y ears of service is what the business man wants and years of service is what he gets with the International. Appearance That Adds Dignity to a Business All other things being equal, customers favor the man whose equipment makes the best appearance. International Motor Trucks have that staunch and business-like appearance that inspires confidence in a business house and in the products it handles. They add an air of prosperity and dignity that proves a valuable asset. A Real "Service to the Owner" Organization There is an International Motor Truck of a size to meet almost every hauling requirement. We have a service and selling organization without an equal in this section of the country. Think what this means to you after you have become an owner. We are strong and the International organization is strong on "Service to the Owner," after the sale is made. Come in to our salesroom and see what we have to offer in trucks and service. Crispen Motor Car Co. Salesroom Service Station 103 Market St. 27 N. Cameron St. DUPLEX TRUCKS C o^s't L eCs s. .P e r'Ton-mi ilef Duplex Always Wins In a Comparative Demonstration All we ask of any business in a score of industries, in man is a chance to show the competition with other trucks Duplex 4-Wheel-Drive in a and with horses and mules, comparative demonstration. Therefore, we welcome the We know that the Duplex opportunity to enter the Du will out-demonstrate any rival plex 4-Wheel-Drive in com under all haulage conditions. petitive demonstrations. We know it will show a sav ing of 20 to 60 per cent, in A call \WII bring our repre ton-mile cost. sentative with records of how the Duplex has lowered ton- We know, because the Duplex mile costs for other business is doing these things every day men. Harrisburg Auto Co. Fourth and Kelker Sts., Harrisburg, Pa. DUPLEX TRUCK COMPANY, LANSING, MICHIGAN. , MAY 24, 1919. IT SUM AN MOTORS CO. TO OPEN NEW SALESROOMS The Fishmun Motors Company, local distributors for Paige cars, will open a new sales and service sta tion as soon as it is completed in the Irishman Garage building at Fourth and Chestnut streets. The completing of this part of this large building was held up during the war for the lack of materials, but work is now being pushed on it to get it ready for occupancy as soon as pos sible. The entrance will be from the bridge side at 110 South Fonrth street. A large salesroom U now ready and will be used by this firm during the remodeling and comple tion of the entire second floor which will be used exclusively by the Fish man Motor Co. Edward Fish man is the manager of this firm and announce a strenuous campaign on Paige cars. Deliveries of these cars are expected any time. Service will be maintained at the new address for both old and new owners of Paige cars.
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