■m&p-. AUTOMOBILE SECTION AUTOMOBILE NEWS AND ADVERTISING ALFRED P. DAMES, AUTO EDITOR SPECIAL FEATURES EVfiRY SATURDAY CAR OWNER MUST HAVE A LICENSR TO OPERATE CAR New Law in Effect For Com ing Year; Many Ques tions to Answer Under the new automobile law, which will govern the Issuance of licenses for motor vehicles for next year, owners of motor cars must not only register .the vehicle, but In ad dition must have a license to operate a motor vehicle. Such a license, however, is issued to them free of charge and the application for this license will be found on the back of the application for the registra tion of the motor vehicle. The applicant for a license must be over sixteen years of age and not mentally or physically incapaci tated and shall have had more than five days experience in the operation of a motor vehicle. In order that owners of automo biles may have advance knowledge of the information which will be re quired of them before a registration certificate is issued, the State High way Department through its auto mobile division has assembled a list of questions which the applicant will answer. This list is as follows: Pleasure Motor Vehicles Type of body, name of vehicle, di ameter of bore, number of cylinders, horse-power, manufacturer's num ber, model, year built, engine num ber, name of engine. Commercial vehicles with chassis weight of 2.000 pounds or more, in formation same as except, give weight of chassis as certified to by manufacturer: specify width of vehicle, also length: specify width of front tire and rear tire. Tread single or double? Specify width of each tire of double tread. Was ve hicle purchased as second hand after July 1, 1919? Have you filed affidavit of purchase on Form-159 with State Highway Department? If affidavit has not been filed it must accompany application for license. Vehicles purchased before July 1, 1919, need not file affidavit Form X-159. Information about Lights Specify candle power of head lights, spot lights and other lights. Xame and description of deflecting or diffusing devices. Head lights— name manufacturer and description. Name and description of spot lights and other lights. If you have ever been summoned j before any officer of the law- for vio lation of the act regulating the use ' and operation of motor vehicles, j give the following information: Date appeared, city, borough, I township, county. State, offense, ver- j diet, penalty. The State of Ohio has more motor i trucks than any other state in the I Union. Automobile S Working on an automobile, especially that pertaining to painting, top and curtain repairing, etc., requires art expert. We have ejcperts working in every department in our big shops—experts who turn out satisfactory work in every way. ' We make a specialty of painting in all its phases, curtain and top repairing, woodworking, etc. We make one man tops out of old fashioned tops and also put special side curtains that open with the door on all makes of ma chines. LET US ESTIMATE ON YOUR JOB. C. A. Fair Carriage and Auto Works East End Mulberry Street Bridge. !• Oakland Owner* ItcKulnrlf Report J J # Return* of From IS to 23 Mile* From the Gallon of GaMoline and ]| From SMMW to 111.OOP Mile* on Tire* j| THE IVIffW OAKLAND SENSIBLE SIX FOUR DOOR SEDAN !| ' OAKLAND i| SENSIBLE SIX EVERY essential convenience, from mechanical lifts for the windows in its double-latch doors to an incon spicuous heater for use on cold days, !> / has place in the equipment of the new Oakland Sensible Six four door Sedan. k ;; And being of s'olid body construction, and built upon the standard Oakland chassis, its range of activity is fully as great as that of the open car. ] I Touring; Car, $1075) Roailater, *107.',; Coupe, I18SS) Poor Door Sedan, SIS2S. F. O. 11. Pontine, Mleh. Additional for Wire Wheel F.quip i ment, $75. DAUPHIN MOTOR CAR CO. < 1 F.D. C. A1,1,1;n, ]|gr. as South River St. Both Phoneo —A4A4A4—AA— SATURDAY EVENING, MOTOR TRUCK ADS SHOW NEW TREND Garford Ad. Costs SI,OOO Per Word; Sets Record For Advertisement That the development of motor truck advertising has been no less marked than the development of the motor truck industry- is evidenced in the latest advertisements of the Garford Motor Truck Company, of Lima, Ohio. Garford has just begun a series of advertisements in national publi cations and local newspapers which illustrate the present trend toward short, business-tempered "copy" in direct contrast to the "long-winded" phraseology which was in vogue generally for many years, j This series is unique for its un j usual brevity. Acting upon the be- I lief that the reading public is fully I acquainted with the dependability of motor trucks in general and their | own product in particular they have confined the "copy" for the entire I series to messages of 20 words or. j less. The first of the series contained I but five words, exclusive of the com- I pony's signature and address, and as I the page upon which this advertise- J ment appears in a national publioa- | tion sells for $5,000, it is interesting | to note that at this rate, each word j cost SI,OOO. The text of the adver-j tisement consisted of the Garford j • slogan: "For Low Cost Ton Mile." j I Pages of space in the national and j ] local publications are being utilized to convey this slogan to the public, j I The entire purpose of this adver- j | tisement and its unique message is j Ito give prospective buyers a short, 1 tangible phrase by which It may rate j I the performance of a motor truck, j No words could sum up more ac- j I eurately and definitively the ulti-} mate result a purchaser has the right to expect from his truck. It defines the final analysis by which < the merits of a truck may be judged. | Entering into this are quality of j materials, high standards of manu facture, low cost of maintenance, the amount of tonnage, the total mile- i age and the return on the buyer's \ investment. It was Garford's ability to meet j these various requirements thai j prompted the adoption of this phrase as a slogan. At the recerrt salon in the First i International Exhibition held since 1 1913 in Paris there were on exhlbi- j tion the leading oars manufactured \ in France. England. Italy, Belgium, | Spain and Switzerland, while the j United States was represented by about a dozen different makes. In a New York official investiga tion it was shown that the motorists were losing about 2 per cent through incorrect gasoline measuring pumps. As the consumption there is about 50,000,000 gallons a year, the loss Is 1,000,000 a year, or $250,000. i SMALLER TRUCKS SHOW BIG SALES Statistics Show That More Than Half Sold Are Less Than One-Half Ton j That the modern tendency among 1 motor truck users is towards smaller I units is indicated by the truck sales ; for the third quarter of 1919 as i compiled by the National Automobile j Chamber of Commerce,. Of the 42,- j 000 trucks made and sold by mem bers of the chamber—which includes ! all the bitj makers except Ford—over j29 000 were rated at 1% tons o- I smaller. Less than half that number j were two ton or over. | There were Ihore of the %-ton j made and sold than any other. This type took the lead in the race l'or popularity with C',758 vehicles placed in the hands of owners during the three months. Of this number 4,- 425 were Reo speed wagons, which means that Reo sold almost as many as all the other makers of this class combined. "Speed certainly meets present day needs," says F. H. Akers, sales 1 manager of the Reo Motor Car Co., in commenting on the predominance j of light trucks in general and speed ! wagons in particular. "When H. T. Thomas, chief engineer of this com ] pany, first designed the speed wagon 1 more than five years ago, with its hight speed, pneumatic tires and i electric lights and starter, the trudk ! users were most skeptical. They j favored slower, heavier trucks. "But now it seems impossible to ' make anywhere nearly enough light I trucks to meet the demand. We have placed over 25.000 of this single model in the hands of owners and many other makers have swung into I this field. "Since the third quarter of the j year, when Reo produced 45 per cent of the trucks in the %-ton class, we have greatly increased our truck ; production. Yet with this produc -1 tion and winter upon us we are still far behind the demand." Quaker Tire Records Show Lakge Mileage Joseph Alexander, of the firm of | Alexander & Scott, representative of the Quaker City Rubber Company in j this city, handling their famous j "Miles Cheaper" tires, known as ; Quaker Tiros, reports many unusual j cases where car owners using these I tires have secured mileage way be i vend expectation. Mr. Alexander, who knows how- Quaker Tiros are manufactured, I said that this is not at all surprising to him after he learned how these ! tires were manufactured. "They are built to give mileage," he said, and "with only ordinary care, there j is hardly a user of Quaker Tires who i will not secure maximum mileage, i The way these tires are built and j the way they are inspected before j being permitted to go into the trade ■ ! stamps this tire as one of the most I remarkable in the country. So far jas I have been able to ascertain, | notwithstanding the liberal guaran | tee of the manufacturers, to prove I that the mileage is in every Quaker I Tire, it is for every user to make a | careful record when he first started | using them and permit his speed ] ometer to prove how far they will : go." The success of Quaker Tires is not ( local by any means. They made | their reputation for mileage in every part of the United States over every kind of road and in all kinds of weathers. Users frequently report ed unusual mileages attained. In almost every case these same users reported they had the least trouble from this make of tire than they expected. Mr. Alexander is maintaining at all times a most complete stock, not only of casings, but of Quaker Multi- Tubes and is in a position to give prompt service. znnnnii~~ ( U. S. Silver Reserve May Break High Price Xcw York, Nov. 29. The Guar anty Trust Company of New York issues a statement pointing out that the reserve of silver dollars held by the United States government may serve to break the price and pre vent the recurrence in this country of the situation which has arisen in France, Where silver coins have al most. disappeared from circulation, their place being taken by stamps and other' evidence of value. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 300,000 Miles Plus How one man sticks to his first love In motor cars despite every thing designers have done to im prove later models is thp story of Dr. F. R. McGrew, of Carnegie, Pa. Dr. McGrew bought a Franklin runßbout in 1910. He has run it for more than 300,000 miles and has so much confidence in its ability to. stand up for a long time that he has practically decided to buy a new body for the remaining mileage. He is ad vertising for an enclosed type of body to substitute for the open type he now drives. The car still runs like a top. MOTOR. DIGEST W Japan now has 5000 motor cars. Gasoline sold for 6 cents a gallon in 1908. I Licensed chauffeurs in Michigan ! total 43,285. The first six-cylinder car was pro duced in England. ( There were only four automobiles in the United States in 1896. Pennsylvania has 2419 farm trac tors in operation throughout the State. Eighty-five per cent, of ail the automobiles in the world are in the United States. * Greece is to spend 8500,000 in buying road building machinery of the most modern type. In the past twenty years, 7,700,- 000 automobiles have been produced in the United States. There are more motor cars on the streets of Calcutta, India, than any other kind of vehicle. The average for the 6,146,000 automobiles in use in the United States is valued at SIOOO each. There were 4326 passenger cars of 114 different makes registered in the Philippine Island in 1918. According to tax returns from Cleveland, Ohio, the motor indus try leads all others in that city. Since 1917 the census of automo biles in the Southern states has in creased more Shan 100 per cent. The present demand for automo biles in Sweden is 300 per cent, greater than that prevailing in 1914. Before this year closes it is ex pected that 7,602,000 motor ve hicles will be in operation in this country. It requires 28,000,000 tires to equip the passenger automobiles and motor trucks used in the United States. While there are 250,000 miles of railway in the United States, the motor car has the use of 2,500.000 miles of highway. An English syndicate has pur chased all of the 16,000 reserve motor vehicles from the American Third Array at Coblenz, eGrmany. Automobile manufacturers in the United States shipped in one month 6283 passenger cars and 1250 trucks to foreign countries. Queen's University, in Toronto, Canada, intends establishing a course in road-making in connection with its practical science depart ment. The first sale of condemned Gov ernment motor vehicles was held at Camp Hollbird, Md. The material disposed of brought a total of $12,- 027. Much Interest is being shown in China in motorcycles, due to the fact that they can travel on the narrow paths used by foot passengers and for wheelbarrows. American motorists will have spent over $1,000,000,000 for auto mobile and truck tires during 1919. This amount does not lifelude money expended for inner tubes and repair materials. . Approximately $8,000,000 is now ; available for highway construction- ' in Nevada up to the end of 1921 through such sources as state reve nue, state and county'bond issues, Federal aid, etc. The National motor vehicle law is now in effect and it is a Federal offense punishable by a fine of SSOOO or a prison term up to five years ,to steal an automobile in one state and drive it into another. Senator Pitman, of Nevada, has introduced a bill under which an automobile, which has been licensed to pay a license in any other state, no matter how long the length of ay. • , NEW WESTCOTT AGENCY HERE Packer Brothers Opens Serv ice Station at Ward's Garage The Westcott motor car. designed and built by leading nutomobile men of the country, has come to Harris burg. The agency has been secured by the Paoker Brothers, well .known druggists St Eighteenth and Regina streets nnd a service station has been established at Ward's Garage at Eighteenth and Chestnut streets. While a new car to Harrisburg, the Westcott has built a reputation in the larger cities. v- The Westcott has every appear ance and "feeling" of being an ex clusive car in every sense of the word. It is designed in several models, but each has ample room to hold the number of passengers for which the car was built. This is due to the fact that there is no un necessary weight or length to the car, both of these points being handled in a manner showing close study to every day requirements. The mcchantcal features of the car are as unusual as the outward appearance. A Continental six cylinder motor develops enough power to carry the loaded car over practically any hill that may be en countered on high gear. The start ing system is Deleo, the storage bat tery Willard, Borg and Beck clutch, Timken bearings, and a Rayfieid carburetor takes care of the gas. The Packard Brothers hnve_ al ready received some Wastcotts "and are being kept busy demonrtrating ! their hill-climbing abilities and i other good features. Very good de j liveries have been promised by the ! factory for this territory and before ] long Westcott will undoubtly be , come as popular in Harrisburg us it now is in New York, Chicago, De- I trolt, and Washington and other i motor centers. 104-Year-Old Boy Who Owns Briscoe, Is Ardent Motor Fan In the opinion of Daniel Mc.Clane, 104-year-old "youth" of Burlingame, | California, the automobile has been of more benefit to man than any i other single agency . McClane at tributes his longevity to the fact that he has always kept out in the open air. Leaving Scotland in his early youth, he sailed the seven seas for more than twenty years in a wind jammer, visiting every quarter of the globe. The almost perfect cli mate of the peninsula induced McClane to make California his per manent home. The air is so mild that it is possible for him to stay , out in the open air all the year | round. During a part of the year McClane still works in his gold mine |in Lassen county. For the rest of ! the year he takes his ease in Bur tingame, and relies on his Briscoe to keep him out in the fresh air. i | McClane typifies progress; he : keeps abreast of the times When I past 86 years of age, he married a | comparatively young woman, and was the father of eleven children. His one hundredth birthday was the occasion of a plunge in the cold wa ters of San Francisco bay. He celc- I brated his one hjindred and fourth ] birthday by learning to drive an au- Itomobilc. A Briscoe touring car was • used for the occnsion because of its ! ease of handling and McClane ex perienced no difficulty in mastering the engineering principles involved. Although an enthusiastic, motorist, McClane had never attempted to drive a car himself. He Is enthusi astic over the performance of the car and says that It is the most com fortable light cor he has ever ridden I in. I The airplane was mentioned to | him as a possible means of trans | porting him back to Scotland for a ; visit. McClane admits that while the automobile fills his present-day needs, he is anxious to keep abreast of the times and says that within the j next thirty or forty years he will be I able to make the trip to Scotland by lair. In his dry way, he stated that it is about eighty years since he last visited his native home. Brazil imported $8,000,000 worth (Of automobile and motor parts from "> United States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, This Is an increase of 35 per cent, over the value of thq 1918 shipments. Excise taxes paid by manufactur ers on the sale of cars and motor cycles for the fiscal year ended June 30 totaled $17,916,610,81. Commer cial car taxes on tires, parts and accessories amounted' to $4,908 - 276.18. SWAIN-HICKMAN COMPANY MOVES Republic Truck Distributors • Goes to Larger Quarters The Swain-Hiekman Company, distributors of Republic Trucks, wlti more tnto their new quarters Mon day morntng, December 1. These new quarters are at the corner of Seventeenth and Derr.v streets In the building formerly occup'ed by Ches ter Taylor & Co. They have secured the entire building, which allows them about 25,000 square feet of floor space. The offices, parts de partment, repair shops and storage rooms of the company will all be located here so that the entire busi ness will be under one roof. After securing the agency here, they maintained temporary offices and repair shops at 1133 Mulberry street, but the space there was too llnflted and the business growing to such an extent that the new quar ters were necessary. They are fac tory distributors and w'll maintain a first-class service for all models of Republic Trucks. New Willard Service Station in Carlisle C. J. grossett and 8. Wilbur Hhot ron, former army service men, sta tioned at New Cumberland, have opened a Wtllard service station at Carlisle. This new establishment Is completely equipped with every mod ern and up-to-date appliance for re charging and repairing batteries. They will give service on all makes of Imtter'es and will make a seclalty of the sale of Willard. Both the men interested in the new venture, are well acquainted in Harrisburg. They will he located at 6-8 Market street, one block from the Square in Carlisle. rf= _ 3ft '—— ssss l | *■ ' ... •" I % a Four Points of I Reo Superiority in Central Pennsylvania A large number of people have been wondering why REO cars have been increasing in such large numbers in the past few years, both in Har- H risburg and Central Pennsylvania. Aside from the sterling qualities of the car itself we give the following in the way of enlightenment. DISTRIBUTION in Central Pennsylvania is made through one large organisation—Tt"h© Harrisburg Auto Company—a concern backed by men whose one aim is to serve. B ' Starting when the automobile busir.-ess was in its infancy, w£ placed our future Q success in the sale of REO cars and founded an organisation on solid rock. The achievement attained through the sale of these cars speaks for itself in the large II number of bub-dealers handling ItEO cars and in the great volume on the streets. , || SERVICE obtainable by a REO owner here Is the same as that at the factory. A com plete stock of parts and an up-to-the-minute repair station is always at the de mand of the owner. It isn't necessary for hiin to wait a month for some part, or to take his car to a repair shop that is not thoroughly acquainted with REO in order to have work done on his car. We do everything that is required in our |f own shops, nnd in the lenst possible time. OUR LOCATION, in the western part of the city—in the heart of Central Pennsylvania, is easily accessible to every one. Our general offices, storage rooms and repair shops are on the corner of FOURTH AND KELKER STREETS. The Third and Capital street cars puss our doors, The large driveways around the entire build- fl Ing make it easy for any one to drive in to any department with the least possible 1 fl trouble. DELIVERIES are now being made as rapidly as possible. With the "Speed-wagon" we can make immediate deliveries. The orders placed lor the new REO "SIX" are about tilled and with our lnrgi distribution we'will soon be able to make B immediate deliveries op these too. If you are thinking of purchasing a car, place your order for a REO at once. ' > || BIG BUSINESS HOUSES USE THE REO "SPEED-WAGON" THEY ARE GETTING BETTER RESULTS Harrisburg Auto Co. J Rco, Duplex and Hurlliurt Distributors FOURTH AND KELKER STS. HARRISBURG GKORGE G. McFARLAXD, President. ✓ I PwiirUF. O. I. Lmmmlmc,mmdthm| j | [rTHE GOLD STANDARD OF VALUES" I | ' " —<■— 1.. - .MWWffSWHgg-tUli " NOVEMBER 29, 1919. TIRE MILEAGE HIGH IN WINTER i Cold Weather Better For Tires Than Summer Days, Re gardless of Snow ! Automobile tires wear better and Inst longer in the cold winter months than they do In the warm days of summer. In this one particular, at least, the cost of keeping up a car is less In winter than in summer, i Fleets of test cars operated by the United States Tire Company have demonstrated that the lower tern- 1 \peratures have a beneficial effect on i tires. In spite of bad snow arid lee , conditions carefully kept records show that tires give much greater 1 j mileages In winter than in summer, j Heat 13 one o fthe worst enemies a i tire is called on to face, especially j frletional heat. The cold air lessens this heat and makes it possible for a tire to last longer in spite of the. extra pounding It gets when snow and tee are on the ground. This rule applies ,of course, where the tire is confronted only with the I ordinary bad rond conditions grow ing out of snow and lee and frozen highways. But where the motorist must drive his car over rough roads deeply cut into rut 3 winter presents a decidedly different problem and only the most careful driving will make it possible for him to get a full return on his tire investment. To those owners whose cars must travel over rutty roads the United States Tire Company suggests that tires can be saved best by keeping out of the ruts where possible, by driving slowly and carefully, and by keeping the tires inflated to standard pressure. An especial effort should be made by the driver to keep out of ruts which come above the rim of the tire. AVhere progress cannot be made except through deep ruts, do NEW PEERLESS SEDAN HERE Keystone Motor Car Company Receives Shipment This Week The new 1920 Peerless Eight Se dan is here. The local distributors, the Keystone Motor Car Company, received a -shipment this week, and from all reports the new model lives up to all expectations. There have been but one or two minor changes in the lines of the body, but other ' wise it is the same as previous i models. The many appointments in .the interior are in keeping with the demand for comfort and easy riding qualities. Every convenience has been added that the most discrlml j noting buyer could wish. The motor of this new model Is jthe same as previous cars, the fea- I tare being the two-power range for ; which the Peerless is famed. This j two-power range allows the car to I glide along at a slow speed with very little consumption of gasoline ' or to jump instantly Into a fast pace | attaining a speed otherwise impos sible. This is done without any ad justment whatever, everything being i automatic. i j Deliveries of this new model will jbe made as fast as the cars can be | secured. The Keystone Motor Car ■Company are large distributors and i are able to secure cars In any num j bor desired. . j not let the tire grind along the sides of the ruts, because the sidewalls of the strongest tires feel quickly the effects of such treatment. Arr ex | aniination of the alignment of the front wheels should be made once : a week, because wheels are likely to j he thrown out of true by the jogging thev get, and bad alignment means lire injury. 9
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