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
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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.—Ad<v. •
Keystone Company Closes Contracts
The Keystone Motor Car Oomipany
during the past week closed three new
Dodge Bros.' car contracts locally anil
are waiting foT additional cars to ar
rive. They also report the sale and. de
livery of three Saxon cars sold to local
buyers and a carload to one of their
territorial dealers.—Adv. *
VULCANIZING
EXPERT WORK ONLY
1451 Zarker Street
Sterling Auto Tire Co.
Auto Gloves
fI.SO TO $5.00
CfIDRVI( THIRD AND
rUnVtT d WALNUT STS.
!Htller Stirs
1451 Zarker Street
Sterling Auto Tire Co.
American Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher.
Tented —Tried and Proves
The effect of the powder thrown upon
a Ore Is almost Incredible.
EBY CHEMICAI, COMPANY
MußufacturlnK ('herniate and Physician
Supplies
as if, FOURTH ST., HAH RI SB LRU, PA.
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1 Dodge Bros, m
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Keystone Motor Car Co.
1019-1027 Market Street
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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.
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