■Brigs*, AUTOMOBILE SECTION rfer -Mc— AUTOMOBILE NEWS AND ADVERTISING ALFRED P. DAViES, At TOMOBILE EDITOR SPECIAL FEATURES EVERY SATURDAY NEW ACCESSORY HOUSE UPTOWN E. J. Dougherty Opens Store nt Third and Reily Streets A new accessory store was open ed up this Week In the storerooms formerly used by P. H. Vaughn as a plumbing establishment at the cor ner of Third and Reily streets. This new store will be operated by E. J. Dougherty who will specialize on automobile accessories of nil kinds. He will carry a complete •took and will Include Oldflcld tires. The room has been remodeled and gasoline tanks have been placed on both sides of the corner, one In Third street and the other In the Reily street side. One will contain At lantic gasoline and the other Texieo. This store makes another addition to the fast growing number that have recently gone In along Third street. An an automobile center Third street will be hard to beat In the near future. It is contemplated that there will be a few more tiro and accessory stores along this thoroughfare before six months have passed. C.ce McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad jyUI 24 Hour The Service Station 24 Hour JQ •SB® Service That Never Closes Service fo The more you know about a car y jm §ll the more you'll appreciate the new g|g Sl| A triumph of motor car con ||| struction. Maximum Service ||g s&g at a minimum cost. l|i ||| Let Us Demonstrate This Wonderful §|g s&g Car to You. j9& jS Keystone Motor Car Co. Jig | Sales and Service fjnjpj 57 S. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, Pa. ||||> ffk C. H. EARNER, Mgr. 11l HI Bell 709 Dial 4454 [[jy mm■■■■■■■■■■■■■iß Z\ BUY A TIRE— ft Before the rise in prices, soon! Z THE TIRES IN OUR SPECIAL SALE Z Will save you a few dollars. ® H SLIDE AROUND AND LOOK THEM OVER HSIw Price G. T. | Size Price G T 30x3 $9.75 $1.85 32x4 $20.75 $8.50 H 30x3 54 $12.50 $2.10 33x4 $21.60 $3 80 H 32x3 54 $14.40 $2.50 | 34x4 $22.25 $3.90 31x4 $19.80 $3.10 ( 35x4 54 $29.85 $4.90 MM ALL NON SKIDS NO SECONDS Ea ■ If you happen to break a spring, wo can oiuip your car in a few minutes with m guaranteed springs g, 1 A-JlTJ.irl.l-i FOR EVERY MAKE OF CAR 8' SAME TIME, WORRY AND MONEY ■ ANDREW REDMOND ■ Third and Hamilton Streets ■ BELL 2133 DIAL 4610 DISTRIBUTOR # p Chandler Tduring Cars & Vim Trucks uummmumumm■■■■■■■ SATURDAY EVENING, NEW S. A. E. TIRE INFLATION SCALE Proper Pressure Necessary to Long Life of Any Tire Despite the constant stress being placed by tire manufacturers on the importance of proper tire Inflation, from the standpoint of long mileage, the vast majority of tire users con tinue very careless In this respect, ac cording to some of the tire makers In Akron. "The tire users, as a body, don't seem to realize that underlnflatlon, and sometimes over-Inflation, are more Injurious to the tires than bad roads, careless driving and the oth er handicaps that beset the average tire," declares F. C. Mlllhoft, General Sales Manager of the Miller Rubber Company. "It's an old story. Nevertheless, In flation trouble Is so unnecessary that one cannot Ignore the terrific abuse that pneumatic tires undergo In this respect. Manufacturers and dealers spend a great deal of money for liter ature that will show the motorist the proper Inflation required for his tires, but only a comparatively few of the motorists profit thereby. The others either lose the data or pay no atten tion to It. "While it la true that the proper degree of carrying capacity and In flation may vary nllghtly with differ ent mnkea of tlrca, a standard scale carefully arrived at could 'bo used to advantngo by all motorists. Ono of the best general scales for capacity and inflation Is that recently adopt ed by the Tire and Rim Division of the Society of Automotive Engineers." The scale referred to by Mr. Mill hoft follows: Fabric Tires Cord Tires Corre- Corre? Max'um spond- Max'um spond- Load ing Air Load ing Air Size Rer Tire Pr'sure Per Tire Pr'sure 3 375 45 400 40 3%..., 570 55 600 50 4 815 65 850 60 4% 1.100 75 1.200 70 5 1,500 85 1.700 80 According to Mr. Mtllhoff, the mo torist who hasn't an Inflation scale furnished by the factory that made his tires may with safety base his inflation pressure on the foregoing figures. Motor Dealers' Meeting in Ford Salesrooms Monday George G. McFarland, president of the Harrlsburg Motor Dealers' Asso ciation has called i meeting of the association for Monday evening, Oc tober 6, to be held In the sales room of the Ford Agency at 231 North Second street. This meeting is lmportance to every dealer in the association and Mr. McFarland requests a full attend ance. Matters will be taken up at this meeting that requires every dealers attention. The "Western Union Telegraph Building. New York City, Is notable for the time-ball which drupn down a pole on Its tower every day exactly at noon. All the Western Union clocks In the country are ret accord ing to this, the Automobile Blue Book telle us. People stand on the streets within view of the tower to set their watches at the drop of the ball.— Automobile Blue Book. HXIUIXSBTTRa. TELEGKXFH SYSTEMATIZE TRUCK LINES; REDUCE H. C. L. President of the Garford Mo tor Truck Co. Tells How Problem May Be Met Systematic organization of motor truck express lines already in opera tion nnd Intelligent inauguration of new routes will afford at least a partial solution to the present high cost of living problem according to men prominent in industry and commerce. ILack of adequate transportation is one of the chief reasons offered for the present crisis. In many cities, government and state officials are investigating food waste which, according to the commissioned men, may be traced directly to transpor tation delays. There are numerous instances of commission firms having been in dicted for the wholesale disposal of foodstuffs, which, the commission ( men claim, were delivered by rail roads in unsaleable condition. Efficient organization of the mo tor truck lines in various communi ties with the idea of eliminating tho possibility of idle trucks and light return loads will go far toward solv ing this transportation problem and reducing transportation costs, in the opinion of many who have given this phase of the matter careful consideration. "To obtain maximum returns from motor truck transportation, the numerous lines now operating should be systematically organized," according to E. A. Williams, Jr., president of the Garford Motor Truck Company, Who has devoted considerable time to the study of tho transportation problem. "Without a unity of purpose there is a capacity waste in every com munity. This naturally results in a loss of tonnage and increased costs. It has been said that Beventy per cent, of tho motor trucks operating in the United States during 1918 traveled empty one way. From these figures It was estimated there was a capacity waste of 283,500,000 tons during the year. "With the establishment Of high way transportation commissions in the various states and the organiza tion of transportation bureaus in many of our cities this tonnage waste is being eliminated. In several cities the haulage concerns have formed associations and have estab lished central offices from which the motor truck transportation activi ties of that particular commuity are directed. These associations are af filiating with asoclations in nearby cities in order to further decreaso the possibility of idle trucks and light return loads and to increase the general efficiency of the service. "The motor truck actually has be come a public utility In many lo calities. Entire communities are de pending upon it as a means of sup ply. It has become equally as es sential as the railroad and water way. "To obtain maximum efficiency, tho transportation units of the coun try—the railway, waterway and highway—should bo linked up sys tematically. More highways should be built, the present highways im proved and a greater number of mo tor express lines touching those sec tions not reached by either rail or water, should be created. "That such a system would have important bearing upon reducing the cost of living essentials is ap parent. Available government fig ures show that in 1919 the cost of shipping by truck throughout the country was from ten to thirty cents per ton mile lovjer than the cost by horse-drawn vehicles. One can at least lmagino what this will amount to in a year. "Speakers before a recent con vention of retail and wholesale grocers in Toledo voiced the opinion that their hope of reducing prices lay in the motor truck. Practically an entire session of the convention was devoted to this phase of the transportation problem which they deemed highly responsible for the present high costs. "One speaker, an officer of the grocers' organization, declare'd that the motor truck held the actual so lution to the problem. "This recognition of the motor truck as a transportation factor, coming from men who analyze and understand conditions governing the markets, is noteworthy and should be taken as convincing proof of its worth." Body of Camp Hill Woman to Be Taken Away For Burial Burial of Miss Nora E. Cope, daughter of Mrs. Emma E. Cope, 119 Linden street, who died at Camp Hill, will take place on Monday at Shippensburg. Miss Cope's death occurred at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. Fred Hess in Camp Hill and came after a brief Illness. She was 38 years old. In addition to her mother, she Is survived by three sisters. Mrs. Ed ward Wiest, of Mount Auburn, Iowa; Mrs. W. Fred Hess, of Camp Hill, and Mrs. G. W. Fisher, of Harris burg, and one brother, Herman C. Cope, of Harrisburg. Hogestown Grange Holds Open Meeting Hogestown, Oct. 4.—The Hoges town Grange, No. 1724, held an open meeting last evening at the Hogestown Presbyterian Church. The following program was given; Address of welcome, A. I. Bru baker, piano solo, Barbara Etter, reading, 'D. G. Bowman, addness, John A. McSparren, Master of the Pennsylvania State Grange, reading, William Kutz, address, Paul Edinger' Cumberland County Farm Agent. ' The Stock Exchange in New Vork City was first organized In 1792 by a group of brokers who met under a buttonwood tree in front of 70 Wall Street. A few months later dally meetings were held at the Tontine Coffee House, now site of the Tontine Building, it now consists of 1,100 members, memberships fluctuating in value according '.o general busi ness conditions.—Automobile Blue Book, FOODS WASTED HELP TO KEEP UP HIGH PRICES Letter Shows How a Nearby Firm Overcame Loss Living cost investigators, numer ous editorial writera and many stu dents of present day distribution and transportation problems will find a great deal of food for thought in a letter written by P. R. Sterner, man ager of the Pleasant Hill Produce Company, of Hanover, Pa., to the local Firestone Ship by Truck Bu reau, 210 North Second street. The Pleasant Hill Produce Com pany is a firm raising and buying foodstuffs which it ships to Phila delphia and Baltimore. Mr. Ster ner's letter best tells the story of gigantic waste and how they over came the condition. We writes: "We are operating two trucks to Philadelphia and Baltimore for the purpose of hauling produce. We placed these trucks in service about a year ago. We do not claim that we can haul our goods any cheaper than by express; but this we know, the time we shipped by express we had claims from $lO,OOO to $20,000 each year. In many cases we could only collect about 50 per cent, and in fact the express company owes us large sums of money now yet and cannot tell when wo can make set tlement." "The reason wo haul by truck Is this, when we start here in the eve ning with a truck of three tons wo are sure that our goods will be In Philadelphia the next morning, all perishable goods, too. We have no waste at all and can get top prices for our goods, and in many cases over the market." It Is evident that this Is not an attack on express companies, but it is also evident that a means to stop this great economic waste has bacn found. It is pointed out that while Mr. Sterner may have been in a position to bear the financial loss, the public has been cheated of valu able foodstuffs and at tbe same time been compelled to pay high prices for eatables through scarcity. With this going on all over the coun try no estimate can bo formed aa to the annual loss. E. Farr, chief of the Firestone Ship by Truck Bureau at Akron. Ohio, in a recent letter to J. H. Dutch, manager of the local bureau' invites attention to the fact that a report has been made public which shows almost two million pounds of foodstuffs 'shipped into Chicago in 1919, went to waste. "Undoubtedly an appreciable part of this waste was due," he writes, "to delay in transit of the perishable foodstuffs, and this de lay must have resulted in most cases from congestion and much handling of shipments at terminals. This waste can be eliminated, it seems logical to believe, if more mo tor trucks are used not only in the cities in receiving from the trunk line railways for delivery, but also in the country in carrying to the trunk line railways—in other words if the motor truck working on schedule replaces the branch line railways, the consumer should be made to gain by fuller markets and lower freight." Moran Not Guilty of False Advertising The recent case against D. J. Mor an in the local courts for false ad vertising, which had been under tiro for almost two years was dismissed and Moran was admitted not guilty. The case grew out of a series of ad vertising which Moran used saying that he gave Willard Service of stor age Batteries. He was the official representative of the Willard Stor age Battery Company here for a couple of years, but the agency was taken away from him. yet he con tinued to advertise Willard Service, which the company said he should not do. The case in the courts was to decide whether he could give this ser vice. The case was decided that while he was not the official service station, ho could buy or sell and repair Wil lard batteries inasmuch as he had taken a course in the Willard factory tnd had the km,* ledge of repairing Willard batteries. Brooklyn Bridge, the first bridge to span East River, is over a mile in length and costs to date more than $25,000,000, estimates the Automobile Blue Book. It has been numbered among the seven wonders of the world. Designed by John A. Roeb litig, this masterpiece in engineering was started January, 1870 and opened to traffic May, 1883. During the pre liminary work John RoebHng met his death. His son, William A., topk up the task of completion. He was subsequently seriously injurid by fire while in one of the caissons and became an invalid. In compliance with his wish he was stationed in a home on the heights of Brooklyn from which, with the aid of a tele scope and the assls.unci of his wife, he directed the work from his win dow until the last rivet was driven.— Automobile Blue Book. Gloves, j Robes Reversible Leather fggjf FORRY's/*|f| Evenings, V SIXTEEN YEAR OLD EVEN HORN TOOTS Ford Bought in 1903 Still Do ing Service in Oregon and Washington A rear tonneau door, two-cylinder IVOUR judgment is con firmed by practically all the large National Buyers— | when yojLi choose a Garford. "Users Know" % j I I V OVERLAND HARRISBUfcG CO., I ! I I 212-214 NORTH SKI'ONI) STREET B YORK BRANCH! Open Evenings NEWPORT BRANCHi 12S-130 West Market St. Bell 4570 Opposite P. R. R. Station I 2 ■ Tk e Garford Motor Truck Company, Lima, Ohio —--A—A-—-——- Court Decides We Have the Right to Give WILLARD SERVICE On Storage Batteries The recent case against D. J. Moran for alleged false advertise ment was dismissed promptly by Judge Henry as unjustified and lacking in any evidence to warrant a case. In fact, it wasn't even nec essary to present our witnesses. r! N D. J. Moran proved to the satisfaction of the Court that he had I taken the instruction course at the Willard factory and been duly auth orized by the W illard Company to c ome to Harrisburg and invest his money in the Willard Service Station, the Court held that Moran was perfectly within his rights whea h- advertised that he gave service on Willard batteries or bought and sold them. We do not try to prevent any one else from giving service on Willard or any other battery, but we do claim that we are perfectly qualified to render the best of service on Willard or any other battery. In fact, we have many satisfied customers who will substantiate the statement that we have taken their batteries which were condemned by others and put them into first-class working order. When you have batteries that are condemned consult us before throwing them away. We will give you expert opinion as to its true condition without trying to influence you to buy a new battery unless absolutely necessary. Harrisburg Storage Battery Co. D. J. Moran Bell Phone, 4225 _ , , diju Phone, 4:oi Fourth and Chestnut Streets OCTOBER 4, 1919. touring car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company In 1903 tho year of that company's organization— and in use since that time is still "on tho Job." It is an eight-horse power car. has a 78-:nch wheel base, a five gallon gas tank and is owned by A. C. McCarthy, of Portland, Oregon. Of course the Ford isn't exactly possessed of the latest lines and it is beginning to wear slightly, but me chanically—why even the aged brass horn works. The machine is now being driven on business trips through Oregon and Washington by McCarthy who doesn't expect to be in the market for a new Ford for some years to come since he's kinda got acquainted with the old one. r N Prest-O-Lite Battery "A SIZE FOR EVERY CAR" Atlas Electric Service Co. FISIIMAN'S GARAGE Fourth and Chestnut Sts. 9
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