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In the Harrisburg Motor Club run Thursday
Overland—model 81, touring car —made
26.9 MILES
per gallon of gas.
Being the best record of all thirteen contestants.
This wonderful showing beats every previous
mark for touring eprs in any contest.
She carried five passengers and ran like a clock.
Two carloads on the floor for immediate delivery
to vour door at
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Complete with all equipment.
Andrew Redmond
Third and Boyd Streets
Distributors for Dauphin, Perry and Cumberland counties
agents wanted.
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HAYNES
America's First Car
Thanksgiving Day. November 26, 1914. carrying
a passenger load of 951 pounds, covered the entire
contest route of 111 miles and used only
4 Gallons, 2 Quarts, and
Pint of Gasoline
Averaging 2¥/s Mil
The best six-cylinder car in the contest.
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Furnished Gasoline for Run
The gasoline used by the numerous!
contestants in the Automobile Economy
run of Thursday, held under the au
spices of the Motor Club of Harris
burg, was all furnished by the Atlan
tic Refining Company from their tank
wagon and waa of their "mid-couti-
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I nent ' product. The showing made by
the cars was exceedingly satisfactory
to E. M. Singer, the-local manager.
.Frank J. Patrick, a rural mail car
rier, of Utica, 8. D., says that he aver
ages 12,000 miles a year on his motor
cycle.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 28, 1914.
THE EXTRA TONNEAU SEATS DISAPPEAR WHEN NOT WANTED
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Hudson 6-54 Seven
Passenger Wins
Molor Club Economy Contest
Weight of Winner With Overload, 5750 lbs.—Miles
Per Gallon, 21. The Winning Car Was Driven by
Owner-Driver.
Entry No. 1 Light 6-40, winner of third place,
weighed with 7 passengers aud baggage 4425 lbs. and
averaged 22.6 miles per gallon. When a better car is
built'it will be a HUDSON.
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REDMOND CURS IN CLUB RUN
New "81" Model Overland and Auto
car Truck Make Excellent Show
ings in Holiday Contest
One of the new "81" model Over
land cars, which was entered' iu the
economy of the Motor Club of Harris
burg Thursday made one of the best
showings ever made by a touring car in
any official test in this State. The
car was driven by Andrew Redmond,
local agent. It averaged nearly twen
ty-seven miles per gallon of gasolino
for the trip, one of the best showings
ever made here. The official averages
give it 26.9 miles per gallon. It was
the best showing ma«le of any of the
touring cars entered in the run. The
entire trip was made with the wind
shield up with several passengers in
addition to Mr. Redmond. The car is
one of the lowest in price entered.
Another performance gratifying to
Mr. Redmond was that of an Autocar
Truck, which had been entered at the
last minute. This truck, competing
against high class touring ears, aver
aged 11.1 miles per gallon of gasolino
although no preparations had been
made for entering it in the run. It
has already covered more than 2,000
miles in service about the city. Stops
with this car, driven by Charles Steele,
Auto Gloves
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WILLYS-GVERLAND PLANT
President Announces An Increase of
Facilities on the Erection of
Two Large Buildings
The big plant of the Willys-Oxerlami
Company ig to be still further enlarged.
John X. Willys, president, has just an
nounced that the company will immedi
ately erect two large buildings.
The first of theae, which is believed
to be one of the largest factory build
ings ever erected, is to b e 1,000 feet
long by 200 feet wide, two stories and
basement. The other will be 200 feet
square. These two buildings will add
practically 17 acres of floor space, giv
ing the Overland a total of 79 acres of
floor space in their Toledo plant alone.
It is said that this is a larger area of
floor space than is contained in any
other motor car factory in the world.
Tho aggregate floor space of this and
the affiliated Overland plants operated
in other cities is just over 100 acres.
Additions to the Overland plant cov
ering 25 acres of floor space have only
just been completed, and it was thought
until as recently as two months ago
that, with the completion of these ad
ditions, the plant would be ample for
the present, at least. There, however,
seoms to be uo limit to the demand for
the Overland.
October was the biggest month the
company e ver experienced. Tho sales
represent a money value of more than
$5,500,000. This growing demand has
required the immediate further enlarge
ment of the plant.
THE LIGHT-SIX HAYNES IN
THE RECENT ECONOMY RON
Popular Automobile Dover* Itself With
Glory Even Though It Did Not Win
Cup in the Thanksgiving Dty
Contest
In tho Economy Contest on Thanks
giving Day, tho "Light Six" Haynes,
sold by the Harrisburg Automobile
Company, covered itself with glory
from stem to stern, even though it did
not win the cup. pne car with a pas
senger load of 951 pounds equipped for
touring purposes covered the distance
of 111 miles on exactly five gallons of
gasoline, 22 2-5 miles to the gallon.
The other Haynes owned and driven by
Andrew McElwain, of Newville, with a
passenger load of not quite as much,
consumed over the same course, four
gallons, two quarts and.one-half pint,
► averaging 24 1-3 miles to th« gallon.
Thero was no unusual or extraordinary
adjustment done or made on either of
these cars or carburetors. The carbu
retors wero merely adjusted to get the
most efficient mileage out of thie gaso
line consumed. The records of both
theae cars are more than gratifying be
cause it is one that can be mado by
any under the same conditions
at any time and is not a'factory test
reported with the car weighed down to
practically nothing. The roads were in
elegant condition and of tho average
kind found in this section of Pennsyl
vania, a goodly sprinkling of hills and
one small mountain to crawl. The rate
of speed was about twenty miles an
hour, the sale and sane touring speed.
The test demonstrates that the con
tention of the Harrisburg Automobile
Company and the Haynes Automobile
Company, that their Model 30 "Light
Six" Haynes selling for 91,485, is tho
easiest Bix-cyliuder car in the country
on gasoline. When you can get from
twenty to twenty-four miles on a gal
lon of gasoline with five passengers, it
pays the public to buy an automobile
of this character. We acknowledge
that the carburetor on the Haynes is
of a remarkably fine type, not usually
found on a ear of this price, the Bay
field, and that the Haynes is construct
ed from radiiator to rear axle of the
very best possible material, all of which
is in perfect alignment and bearings
ground to a mecrometer fit. There isn't
any doubt but that the Haynes is built
not just to sell but to make the own
er more enthusiastic than owners gen
erally get and to have his enthusiasm
increased instead of decreased.
Many a man is greatly pleased with
his car when he gets it but has a dif
ferent tune to sign six or nine months
after he has owned it. It is not that
way with the Haynes. The longer the
customers have Haynes cars the better
pleased they are. Our contention that
the Haynes is the best and lightest six
cylinder car ma<de at the present time,
that it will go up any hill faster at
high gear, faster at second gear, faster
at low gear, also slower at high gear
and that it will go farther on a gallon
of gasoline than any other six-cylinder
ear of any weight made, been prov
en under expert and mechanical tests
by the Economy Kun just finished.
When we made these statements some
time ago we made them because we
knew they were correct. When we
make them now, we make them beoause
the public know they correct. We
are very well pleased with tho Haynes.
We knew what it would do and it has
done it.
Salient Points of Pai«e Car
George R. Rentley, proprietor of the
Riverside garage and local dealer in
the Paige car says:
"The pleasure and\ satisfaction
given him by the performance of the
Paige car at all times is far beyond
any expectation. In driving this car,
its handsome appearance, mechanical
perfection, its uniform complete finish,
its behavior, on good and bad roads,
on trips of all length, long and short,
use of oil and gasoline, its speed and
reserve power, its great scope of use
fulness, demonstrate fully these
facts."
Sorrow in the Sanctum
When an editor laboriously cuts
down a candidate's eight column speech
to two columns the candidate is mad
at him for printing so little of it, and
everybody else is in a like frame of
mind toward him for printing so much.
—Ohio State Journal.
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NOVEL PLAN TO EMPLOY
WOMEN DEMONSTRATORS
Schomo of Maxwell Motor Oar Company
Endorsed by Florence Quersey, Har
riot Stanton Blatch, Charlotte Per
kins Oilman and Others
By Ethel Peyser
Word comes that an entirely new
Held of endeavor is about to be opened
to women; and It is one of the most
pleasant as well as profitable labors
to which women may aspire. The
word is that Walter E. Flanders, of
the Maxwell Motor Company, is abont
to make a nation-wide canvass of all
the women's organizations to find
capable women to act as demonstrators
of the Maxwell car.
The plan has the endorsement of
several of the most prominent club
and suffragette leaders of New York,
when interviewed last week by one
of New York's leading palters.
It Is a genuine business move on the
part of the Maxwell Motor Company.
Mr. Flanders believes that women will
be successful in the automobile busi
ness and particularly iu demonstrat
ing and selling a car like the Maxwell,
which Is exceptionally light and easy
to handle and has already proved
highly popular with women drivers.
When questioned regarding the
move, Mr. Flanders said: "To be
frank, we want to sell our cars to
women, and we think women can sell
them successfully. It has been our
experience that women In department
stores as agents are good sellers and,
therefore, we consider it no Utopian
scheme to engage women as demon
strators of automobiles."
"The long and the short of ifis that
•we fcelieve in women not only to the
extent of employing tlieuv -hut to the
extent of paying the same as we pay
men for the Job. Every btysiness
man," he concluded, "is looking for
progress and we helieve with Charlotte
Perkins Gilman, that the main lftife of
progress is towards economic equalitv
and freedom. That is all there is
to it"
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, Presi
dent of the Women's Political Union,
said: "Why shouldn't women go Into
the automobile business, or any other
business they want to. It seems to
ine that tills Is a great opportunity
lor women." "Good business," Hashed
Mrs. Inez MUholland Bolssevaln, "I
know that women will prove just as
efficient us men."
Belle da Costa Greene. Librarian of
the Morgan Library, said: "Can't see
why some motor company did not
think of it before. It is a splendid
idea."
Florence Guersey, President of the
New York State Federation of Wo
men's Clubs, was just as encouraging
when asked if women would take up
the motor as a trade. "Women will
jump at this chance for broadening
their field for economic Independence.
The best chauffeur thnt I ever rode
with was a woman."
Mrs. Clinrlotte Perkins Gilnian, the
noted writer, speaker and publisher,
said in regard to the plan: "I never
give interviews, but I must give my
word of endorsement to the Maxwell
Motor Company on the new move. I
wholly approve of opening all indus
tries and all kinds of business to wo
men, especially outdoor work. I can
see a future for thousands of women
in this business of selling automobiles,
a future of healthy outdoor work,
short hours and good pay. There is
no doubt in my mind hut that they
will succeed. Hundreds of women
have proven that they can sell goods,
and many hundreds have proven that
they can drive cars and become com
petent mechanics."
Mrs. Norman de R'Whltehouse,
when told of the new Maxwell plan,
| said: "Splendid! The women are
bonnd to succeed. If a car is light
enough—and you say that Is a special
feature of the Maxwell—a woman
drives better than a man."
MOTORCYCLE NOTES
The Kentuckv Motorcycle Touring
Club of Louisville, has sent out an ulti
matum that no "reckless, law-defy
ing '' rider will be tolerated in the
club.
In Johannesburg, Transvaal, South
Africa, there are 3,000 motorcycles
registered, according to B. R. Hunt, a
motbrcycle dealer of that country.
| " Many of these," says Mr. Hunt,
"are American motorcycles, and the
popularity of the American built aia
i chine is constantly increasing in this
country.''
"The pleasures of motorcycling are
manifold," says Mrs. A. T. Stanton,
who recently came to this country from
England. "Awl in Great Britain one
sees a jjreat many more women driv
ing their own motorcycles than in
America. Here, a great many gills
seem doubtful about their ability to
operate the two-wheeler successfully
and are content to ride as a tandem
passenger or in a sidecar. Tandem and
sidecar ruling are all rig'ht, but they
are nothing in comparison with the
pleasure of operating one's own motor
cycle. After I took my first ride on my
husband's motorcycle I was never sat
isfied until I could operate the machine
myself. And then the next step was
to have a machine of my very own.
"In England," continued Mrs. Stan
ton, "many women take part in the
motorcycle cluib runs, and the fcirls
are able to compete with the men on
these tours."
DISASTROUS FOREST FIRE
Mauch Chunk, Nov. 28.—An exten
sive forest fire it sweeping eastward
from Mauch Chunk the past few days
and thousands of acres of woodland
has already been burned. For a time
the buildings on the outskirts of East
Mauch Chunk were in danger, and the
tire department was called out to save
them. Virtually the entire area of Penn
forest and Kidder township, in this
county, are afire, the origin of which
is unknown.
The flames are spreading with light
ning swiftness, owing to the dense
autumn foliage and the extremely dry
weather. The fire is the most extensive
that probably ever visited this county.
Name Becomes Extinct by Death
Leacock, Nov. 28.—Peter Witmer
St eh mail, 81 years old, died last night
from the infirmities of age. He was the
oldest resident ami a pioneer settler.
He was a member of the Me&nonite
church. One granddaughter and one
great-granddaughter survives. With his
death the name in bhie section is ex
tinct.
AN IMMENSE ADDITION
TO THE HUDSON FACTORY ■
Main Building and Three Wings to
Have Third Story Added —Work
Begins at Once and to he Com
pleted in Early Spring
Cheering evidence of satisfactory
present and future business conditions
i» shown by the announcement of im
mense additions to be inad« to the al
ready enormous factory of the Hudson
Motor Car Company. So pronounced
has been the success of the Hudson Mix,
so insistent the demand of tho pub
lic for cars that ths present plant,
large as it is, has proved' inadequate to
handle the
been decided to add a third-story tJ
the main factory building and to three
of the largest wings, an addition of
floor spac.b 2,200 feet long by 60 feet
wide.
In construction the addition will
conform to the present style of pressed
brick and concrete. Work on the ad
ditional story will begin at once. It is
to be completed, and the enlarged
premises ready for occupancy on March
1, 1915. This is arranged so that the
company will be in the best po&sdble
shape to handle what promises to be
the record year of its history.
MARKING A HIGHWAY ROUTE
New Route From Chicago to Jackson
ville Latest Good Hoads Project
Under Consideration
Latest among the good roads proj
ects undor consideration is a new route
from Chicago to Jacksonville. Tho
movement for this north to south high
way was launched by W. 8. Gilbreath,
secretary of the Hoosier Motor Club,
at the recent good roads congress held
in Atlanta and the proposal was so en
thusiastically received and endorsed by
the state officials of Georgia, that no
time was lost in doing the preliminary
work in connection with the project.
The route is through Indianapolis,
Louisville, Chattanooga, Macon, Atlan
ta to Jacksonville.
There has been such an increase be
tween the Middle Western States and
Florida in tho past few years, that such
a highway should be well traveled.
Tho route selected is favorable for tha
proposed road. Marking the highway
will make touring much more pleasur
able.
Tho name of the new road is still un
decided. "Tho Cotton Belt Route"
and "The Dixie Way" have bjen sug
gested, but the final decision will be
left to the Governors of the States
through which the highway leads.
ENTRIES CLOSE TO-MORROW
Poultry Show Promises to Bo Largest
Ever Held in Harrisburg—Will
Employ Another Judge
The list of entries for the Harris
burg poultry show will close at mid
night to-morrow, November 29. With
the exact number of entries known,
the poultrymcn will get busy next week
transforming the Chestnut street audi
torium into a mammoth, handsomely
decorated hen house from which will
eminate December 8 to 12 a wonderful
assortment of cackles and cook-a-doodle
doos.
The entries have piled up at a lively
rate the past few days with the rush
to come and tho show committee pot to
gether hurriedly last evening and de
cided to employ still another judge,
making four all told. The Barred lJock
class promises to be large from tho en
tries thus far received and it was de
cided that the fourth judge should be
a Barred Rock specialist.
Entries from members of the Nation
al White Wyandotte Club which will
hold its annual show jointly with that
of tho Central Pennsylvania Poultry
Association, are being received from
practically every State east of tho
Mississippi river.
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