OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS f~ .ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE Reo Transportation Service Is Reliable and Adequate Reo Automobiles and Trucks enable owners to touch desired regions and to readily market their commodities. Every Reo Car and Reo Truck || is thoroughly inspected—insuring Safety, Reliability and Economy. Their j| success has been proven by performance. v j The Operation of a REO Automobile or Truck is Profit able to the Owner 1 Reo service will increase your list of customers. j| Ten Thousand Miles and No f nr OCACA flfl Repair Bill. F. 0. B. Factory, 'UI tflJUi— 1 Literature or Demonstration on Application |j Harrisburg Auto Company Third and Hamilton Streets Harrisburg, Pa. |j Pl?fl £ With 60 CIIOC F. 0. B. O Superiorities at w±OOD Factory jj| W Will Be In Harrisburg Next Week j Eviry Little Bit Added to What You've Got Just Makes a Little Bit More Every little bit of good Carriage and Wagon Re pairing, such as Wheels, Shafts," Tires, Axles, Trim mings, Painting, Rubber Tiring, Etc., makes just a little bit more BUSINESS. We'll do a little bit or a whole lot of Practical Car riage and Wagon Work, at ibices Just a Little Bit More than Cost. Get Your Wagons Repaired at 1017 Market St. Harrisburg Pa. CHARLES E. NOYE BL PULLMAN $740 K F. 0. 3. York, Pa. Jeffery Pleasure Cars, $1450 to $3700 Jeffery Trucks, SI3OO and $1650 chassis j I Jeffery Quad (4-wheel drive) Truck, $2750 chassis ill | Vim 1,000-lb. delivery cars $635 to $725 j 1 BENTZ-LANDIS AUTO COMPANY Distributors 1808-10 Logan St., Harrisburg, Pa. STORAGE, REPAIRING, PAINTING AN* SUPPLIES i L•, ' ' V HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1915, NEW PUUHTRIBim The Bentz-Landis Auto Company Will Handle the Popular Car in Thiß Territory The Bcntz-Landis Auto Company has been made distributors of the new Pullmau. The machine's distinctive ap pearance, its superb low hung body, the graceful sweep of its rounded back, the handsome hood in pleasing conformity, are the features embodied in carrying out every detail of the popular Pullman models. The sensational price, maximum econ omy, remarkable tire mileage and all up-keep cost reduced to the minimum are other points of interest about the new Pullman. John A. Bentz, the local manager, says: "The car fairly shines with class distinction and individuality. It is an American car, designed and built by Americans, but 'possessing all the at tractive features ot the best foreign c£^ji." —Adv.* BKi DISPLAY OF MOTOR TRUCKS International Harvester Company Opens Department on Walnut Street The International Harvester Com pany of America has opened the motor truck department at 61.9 Walnut street, this city. The salesroom and oflices have been put in excellent condition for this purpose and their full line of motor vehicles is on display in the new quarters. Charles J. Stevens has taken full charge of this branch and will be found at the new location. He is delighted with the 1915 models and in speaking of business conditions says their busi ness year ends November 30—and that their books show that the musin'ess actually done in December, 1914, and January 1915, reached to almost 80 per cent, of the 1914 yearly calendar. — Adv.» TIRE DISTRIBUTING STORE Fisk Rubber Company Opens Branch at 19 South Third Street The Fisk Rubber Company, of Chico pee Kails, Mass., is opening an exten sive tire distributing store at No. 19 South Third street, tnis city. C. D. Whitney, assisted by P. L. Kempff, has full charge of the new in dustry, and a detailed announcement and display advertisement in the Star- Independent will give date of opening. The location is immediately opposite the Star-Independeht building.—Adv.* DROP FORCING A MIRACLE OF MODERN MOTOR CAR MAKING Simple Process Has Revolutionised Manufacture of Strong Light Cms — How Quantity Production Haa Been Aided by Mechanical Blacksmiths To a great extent the tremendous production records attained by the larger American motor car factories in the past few years have been accom plished through the rapid strides made in the development of the art of drop forging. J Prom the very beginning of the auto mobile industry, engineers have sought a means of obtaining maximum strength in the parts subjected to heavy strain, without adding useless weight to the completed car. Drop forging and the use of high-grade chrome Vanadium steel proved the so lution of the problem, and to-day the manufacturer who builds the majority of the parts used in his car, counts an efficient forge shop as one of his most valuable possessions. Our old friend, the village black smith, was the first drop forger. Some fifty years ago, a member of this brotherhood evolved the/ scheme for using a steam hammer on the larger forgings he had to make. But in order to achieve the desired result, he was compelled to work out the material almost to the" desired shape bv hand, then with the kid of portable tools which were used in conjunction with his crude steam hammer, the forgings were finished to size. With this method, much depended upon the skill of the smith, and uniformity was more 6i less a matter of guess work. The human element was strong. The railroad blacksmith took up the methods of his predecessor and im proved upon them, and the experts in the big sewing machine, shoe machinery nnd harvesting machinery factories added inventions and improvements which still further simplified the process. The automobile manufacturer, how ever, has brought the art down to its greatest point of efficiency, and men who understand the principles of motor car construction are inclined to measure the longevity of an automobile by the number of drop forgings entering into its construction. As pioneers in the manufacture of parts Sor automobiles, Dodge Brothers," who have just placed their own car on the market end seen at the Palace, rap idly grasped the advantages of drop forging, and their forge plant in De troit is pointed out as typifying all that is best in the business. The huge steam hammers with their falling weights, as heavy as two or three tons, are almost constantl" in operation, turn ing out parts for tire new car.—Adv.* SALIENT POINTSOFTHB REO Features of Popular Automobile Com mend Themselves to the Most Conservative Purchaser George G. McFarland, president of the Ilarrisburg Auto Company, local distributors of the Reo models, says: "The most careful consideration of the most conservative buyer is called to every feature of Reo standard value. From the time the first Reo came to I Ilarrisburg, the use has covered city! and country service under the most ir- | regular weather and extreme road con- ; ditions of Dauphin and adjoining counties. "Every feature or the construction and mechanism has undergone the most numerous and rigorous tests. These re sults have been checked up from time to time and I feel 1 owe it to the pub lic as well as the designer and manu facturer of the Reo models to say I know my ground precisely, when I as sert that the Reo models are masters' productions in engineering and manu facture and reflect value in a most con vincing and satisfactory manner."— Adv.* Added to Hudson Sales Force C. Wesley Martin, of StoSlton, was added February 1 the Hudson sale* force by I. W. Dill, the owner. He is a young man of ability, extensive ac quaintance and is familiar wiith the ait tomo'bile business. He has already demonstrated to the Hudson Saies Com pany his ability ;w a salesman.—AdN. i \ 1 Chalmers m 1 Dodge Bros, m \ Saxon m » MOTORCARS K w MHHHHHI Keystone Motor Car Co. 1019-1027 Market Street \ s A PROFITABLEJNVESTRENT Remarkable Performance of a Reo Truck From a Financial and Business Standpoint The Harrisburg Automobile Com pany sold to H. A. Hartman, the livery man, of Steelton, Pa., a model ,l J" 2-ton Reo truck in October, 1913. Mr. Hartman has kept a very accurate and correct account of the income and ex penditures on this truck and the fol lowing is his statement: "October 15, 1913, the Harrisburg Automobile Company delivered to me Model "J" Reo truck, for which I paid them $1,850. I have driven this truck continuously since that time and have taken all kinds of hauling and work within a rr.dius of 150 miles of Harrisburg. I have never failed to come back satisfactorily when I start ed out, no mattei how big a load I had or over what condition'of roads I went. I have had this truck through the win ter of 1913 and 14 and the present •winter and am honest in saying that it is giving me just as good satisfaction now as it did the day I got it. My books show tile following figures, which, as you notice, include the wages I paid myself for driving it: "From Otcober 15, 1913, to Febru ary 3, 1915, income, $3,415.25. "Expenses—Gasoline, oil and grease, $246.61; tiies, $95; overhauling and repairs, $55.10; wages paid to myself, $1,232; total cost of operatiug, $1,558.71; net profit, $1,856.54. '•The truck cost me $1,850. This shows at the present time that the truck has paid for itself; the expend of operating gave me a tidy sum and has left me $6.54 to the good. This has been a much better investment than my horses and I consider that when a truck will pay for itself in the length of time I have hid this truck it is a mighty profitable thing to have. I want to say further that the fact that T had this truck and could give quick service has brought me lots'of additional busi ness to my livery stable. I expect to - • f I » turn , | GERMANY ANNOUNCES WAR ZONE ON BRITISH, FRENCH AND DUTCH COASTS I 1 CI ERMANY declares the water* around Great Britain and Ireland, Including the English Channel, theatre t I vJ naval operations from February 18, and adds that neutral ships will be in danger around the Shet- £ + land Islands, in the eastern basin of the North Sea and in a strip of at least thirty nautical miles In t ♦ breadth along the Dutch coast. Washington has been notified that American vessels should avoid the 7 | north and weat coasts of France. * When in trouble on the road, phone us Bell Phone 1710—and we will tow you in free of charge. We Repair and Remodel Automobiles of every make. All work guar anteed. Let us estimate on your repairs. Auto Transportation Machine Shop No. 5 North Cameron St., Harrisburg, Pa. Don't Throw Away Your Old Tiros Bring them to us for repair. The work will be satisfactory. It will save you money as the pricfc of repair is just right. HARRISBURG AUTO TIRE REPAIR CO., C. A. WENTZEL, Proprietor. 131 SOUTH THIRD STREET put another truck on in the spring and I am very sure it will be a Reo." Adv.* Guaranteed Horse Power Rating The Harley-Davidson .is the first mo torcycle to carry a guarantee of a given horse power rating.—Adv.* . The Ex-porter "Who is your Chicago friend!" "He is a prominent ex-porter." "What does he export?" "I"didn't say he ex-ported anything. He used to be a porter at the hotel where I stopped.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Quite Handy "The automolbile is a great institu tion." "For instance?" "You can sit up in it as you pass a friend and crawl under it wihen a cred itor heaves into sight."—Louisville Courior-Journal. Whistler and the Girl A giirl amateur once showed some otf faer dreadful attempts at painting to Whistler. "I always paint Nature just as I see it," she sairt. "H'm," said Whistler, examining one of her pictures; "I admit that is usually right." "Usually?" exclaimed the lady. "I thought one should always paint Na ture as one sees it." "No," was the reply; "certainly not when one sees it like that." —London Standard. The Sea Horse The male sea horse has a little pouch in its ventral surface, into which in some manner it places the eglgs of its mate. When they are hatched and be come too numerous and large to con trol the sea horse presses the pouch a'gainst a stone and gently urges them to take their departure. At this time they are very small, but they' grow rapidly and are preyed upon by myr iads of fishes. Ignorance never settles a question.— Disraeli. 9