The star-independent. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, March 27, 1915, Page 8, Image 8

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I OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS
It Takes Real Values to Secure
and Hold Business
A glance at the above cars will show the various styles of GOOD
USED AUTOS that have been supplied by GORSON'S. To have
customers come back year after year—to have them recommend you
to their friends (as thousands of saMsfied users of our cars are doing)
—that is the reason for our fifteen years of successful selling. Visit
our salesfloors and let us show you what wonderful values we are
offering.
The Greatest Auto Bargain on the Market
1 500 N e w 1 9 1 5& Roadsters *875
Electric Starter, Electric Lights and Fully Equipped
1915 alx cyl. PULLMAN Touring. *xe*p- 1914 FORD Tourlajr. full factory equip
tioual bargain for some one. owner will tncnt.
" 1914 KBIT Koadsttr. fully equipped. *ood
1914 slx-cyt. STCDEBAKKR Touring, hilly " *•*"'
equipped. 1000 1914 STI !>KHAKKK Tourlnc » 11. P..
1912 LOOOHOBU.K To, Tin,. o.,rb.ulM "l'"'" '""j ""»■
•Dd rrptlntrd. »*ry nohby. S4OO. l»i? «'* * HALMLHS. i-MHvun Tourln*.
—————————— hl« hirtilQ. *
I# «i»nn AIm ' LAO Tooriß,t ' ,ood *" nfW ' 1913 Bl'K'K Tonrlnc. SO H. P.. OTrrh»»l«>.
r»-pnlnte«l. ■ wimp.
•*B6" CHAI.MFKS Touring* overhauled; re- 40 H. I*. DARCOCK Tonrlnr. overhauled.
Da In ted. euuiuped. repainted, nnmher of extra*, a snap,
1914 nil ojl. MAXU'CIJ, Tonrlnr. rlr»-trl.' ,91 ' HI T.S? N TourlU|[ ' ov '' rh »ulfd. line
starter and llchta. full factory equip- s "* n ' v »•*'*>•
ment. make offer 1914-18 !_> MKTZ Roadafera. tlpo t.»
1914 KING Touriar. fullv equipped. 1914 MAXWKT.L Koadatrr. top. clas*
nuniN'r of extras, snap. >4tH). front, very nohby. s3ftQ.
LOCOMOBILB Limousin, rery good con 191 ft-14-18 FORD Roadster*, topn. irla«*
dltlon. owner will sacrifice. fronti. all factory equipment. llfiO to
1914 MAXWKI.I, Touring, small model. 1300
good as new. >4OO BTCDERAKF.R •Jitney" Bum. seats Ift
191* OAKLAND Tourln*. ftillT rquipprd. p""Pl>. " «""d *<""•
>4». 1914 KISSEL KAK Tourin*. rle<-trlc «t»rt.T
191M4 18 IS MAXWEI.I. Roadster*. top, 1 J,™ * h, P*' 11 ,n,,) •<
flaaa fronts, from >l3O to >4.10. j
"JITMEV" d... o»rirnpiit v pu • ■ j 191J HA\ NKS Tourillf, HO 11. P., over
lfaM I.T H, „R. OT „b.u IW l. fullv H ,„p. i
ion piiuii , an/t>nu« . IJIHRERHOhT Roadster, overhauled, re
lot'S I^andßUlet towncar. "Jira" take painted, twl. *C.~>O
mi. ui i/'mr d « . . . . , 1918 PAIGR DRTROIT Tourinc. prettv
1914 Bl K K Roadster, atarter and light*. little car 9400
top. flaas front. snap. SBQO. '
TT-. - p r - _ - ANV ni NI>REDB OF OTHER SMAIJ.
fa* a li«p T-»aaee«*er Tour- TO I• HI NO CARS ANI> ROADSTERS *l5O
16 .\* H ' P . *2 Tourlnc. fully equipped, THICKS ANT> PKI.IVERY WACONS
barcaln. »4,5. TO S TONS. $175 TP.
Gorson's Automobile Exchange
206 and 238-240 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Send for Free Bargain Rnletln Aronts Wanted
LARGEST VSRP Al'TO DEALERS IN U. S. A
3-Pamamnger
Sold by I. W. DILL, Harrisburg, Pa.
"Trucks for Every Purpose '
'G. M. C., 'Republic & Bessemer' Trucks
34 to 6 Tons
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.
I
Are You Looking
For
A GOOD USED
AUTOMOBILE?
We have a few great bargains
in Roadsters and 4-Passenger
' Touring Cars —
AT SECOND COST TO YOU NOW
It will cost you nothing to come and
learn why the purchase of an automo
bile will increase your business.
Andrew Redmond
Corner Third and Boyd Streets !
Harrisburg, Pa.
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HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 27. 1915.
NEW AUTO AGENCY FOR THE REGAL
D. W. Pitting, with office and residence at 1240 Market street, Harrisburg,
has lately engaged in the automobile business.
THE NXU REG AI IS MIS CAR
Ho is an experienced motorist mid a careful mechanic—energetic, young
ami full of ambition. He starts iu his new enterprise under favorable condi
tions mid is anxious to meet his friends and those interested in his line. —Adv.*
OVERLAND WINS RACING
EVENT ON LAKE SUPERIOR
Many See Roadster Make Eight-Mile
Run in 8 Miiiv.tcs and 11 Secondf—
Firm Will Give Oue a Month Next
Winter
Automobile ice racing on Lake Su
perior. a novelty in winter sport, ar
ranged by Dulutb motor car dealers, as
j the closing event of their lirst automo-
I bile show, proved a great drawing card.
At least 10,000 spectators saw an
| Overland roiulster win the feature
! event, an eight-mile race. The four-
J mile oval was lined with spectators
while the shore was also literally dotted
| with people.
The cars were equipped with tire
, chains to enable theiu to hold the track
ion the turns, where the slippery ice
made speed difficult. The Overland cov
ered the two laps in S minutes, 28 sec
onds, remarkably fast time considering
i the difficulties of the novel course. The
second car finished one minute and 11
I second laters, leading the third by a full
i minute.
The race, which was virtually the
j first ever attempted on Lake Superior,
proved such a popular form of sport
I that it has been decided to give an ice
tracing program once a month next
winter.
] With the support of the Duluth lmsi-
I ness men, the dealers of the city hope
1 to offer pri7.es large enough to induce
| many of the world-wide drivers to en
| tcr. In this way they expect to estab
i lish the city as a center for winter
' sports.
Andrew Redmond, the local dealer,
; sold his entire exhibit at the Sixth An
nual Auto Show last week. Or. E. K.
I Lefevcr, of Boiling Springs, got the
new six-cylinder five-passenger Cloud
ier. Dr. 11. G. Walters, the surgeon,
| who lias been driving a Columbus Klec
j trie car since 19 06, purchased the hand
| some four-passenger Overland coupe.
Frank Oenslager, of Riverside, got the
first seven-passenger six-cylinder Over
land.—Adv.*
MANY CALLS FOR DODGE CAR
The Steamer Arabic From Liverpool
Brought One Hundred Inquiries
to Detroit Finn Recently
The steamer Arabic which recently
arrived in New York from Liverpool,
carrying the largest mail consignment
ever brought from England to the
I'nited States, brought nearly one hun
dred inquiries to Podge Brothers, De
troit, on the new car. Foreign interests
in Dodge Brothers' car is shown by the
great volume of mail and the numerous
cablegrams received dailv at the Detroit
plant from all quarters of the globe.
K. d. Willems, foreign representative
of Dodge Brothers, who is at present 1
en route to I'ntiama, was force 1 to sell
his demonstrating car before leaving]
Cuba, owing to a strict ipiarantjnt i
maintained by the Cuban authorities. '
Mr. Willems wanted to ship his car tb j
•lamaiea, but an epidemic of the!
bubonic plague caused the health otli- j
cia's to forbid shi]iiuents of motor cars j
between islands. While in Santiago, i
Willems signed up Messrs. Juan Guso
(8. en C.) as dealers for that city, and
he has nUo appointed a Dodge Brothers
deaelr tor .lamaiea. Another demon
strating i-ar has been ■••hipped to Kings- ,
.ton, Jamaica, fo? his use.—Adv.*
MOTORCYCLE NOTES
Reports show that there are prai'ti- I
cailv 7,000 motorcycles being used by
rural mail carriers in the Unite,l .-'tales.
Motorcycles are to take tiie place of
twenty horses Which w'ere recently auc
tioned oft' by the Pittslimrgii, Pa., police j
department.
Every motorcyclist in Maryian i is I
invited to participate in what is ,o be '
one of the 'biggest endurance runs ever '
staged in the east. Howard A. Fronca, 1
a dealer of Baltimore, is promoting the !
event, the derails of which have not j
yet been completely worked out.
C. A. Kuntz, a motorcyclist of Bre
men, lnd„ recently won a prize from i
the Technical Word magazine for send- J
ing in the most interesting original I
news story. Kuntz is a milkman and I
in his article tells how. for $370, the)
price of a good team, he was able to !
make a motorcycle rfiiik cart. He savs !
he carries three milk cans in the at- j
tachment on his motorcycle, and tfoat !
he is afcle to make his route in half i
the time required by horses. Each even
ing he has to travel nine, miles to get!
home. This distance he covers in just!
thirty minutes, while it took him twe
and a half hours to make the trip with !
a horse. Kuntz alro uses his motor- j
cycle for hauling supplies from town,
and sometimes even carries young , igs
and calves on the t wo-wiieeler.
4meric»n Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher.
Trttfd —Tried and Proven
The effect of the powrter thrown upon !
a Are Is almost incredible.
t£BY CHEMICAL. COMPANY
Manufacturing I'hrmlata and Pkjalrion 1
Suppllra
S3 S. FOURTH ST, HAHIUMit RU, J"A. I
$449.99 RUNSJBO A YEAR
Dr. N. W. Hershncr, of Mechanicsburg,
Says Average Cost Is 2 7-10
Cents Per Mile
Dr. N. \Y. Hershner, of Mechanics
| burg, lias been a Reo enthusiast for a
, great many veara. He owned a number
of other makes of cafs before he got
his first Reo in 1911. Since that time
\he has had nothing but Keo cars. Dr.
! llcrslier drives nn average of one thou
■ snnil miles a month, winter and summer,
and as his practice is very much in the
! country, lie encounters some very bad
roads.
The doctor lias kept a very accurate
j act ount of all the expenses of his Reo
> automobile from January Ist, 1914, to
(January Ist, 1915, and the cost of op
eration including tires, oil. gasoline, re
pairs, upkeep and every conceivable
i expense except the garage, which he
owns, is $449.99 or an average of
j 2 7-10 cents a mile. This, like Dr.
Karnsler's report on the upkeep of a
' T!eo ear, is not exceptional mileage.—
Adv.*
SOLD HIS ENTIRE EXHIBIT
George R. Bentloy Disposes of All
Paige Cars He Displayed At
Sixth Annual Auto Show
Ocorgc R. Hcntlev, proprietor of
1 the Riverside garage and dealer in
Pa'ue cars, which he exhibited at the
sixth annual automobile show, March
13 to 20, reports the sale of his en
j tire exhioit. The following named
persons are some of the purehxsem:
Henry M. Stine, Harrisburg, pur
chased the fir-it t>-4ti seven passenger
j touring -ar: W. L. Stoey, Harrisburg,
! purchased the 4-36 five passenger
touring car.
A car load of Paige 6-4 6's is com
j ing in to this -agoucv next week and
I C. A. Uoodhart, of Shippeiisburg, gets
! oue of these—Adv.*
Cheering Comment.
; "That infant of ' yours kept me
i pwnke half the night." snid the irri
table neighbor.
"Well. 1 congratulate you." replied
the weary father. "That comes nearer
; being a kind word tlmn anything I
I have beard today. Nobody else owns
| up to getting half a night's sleep."—
| Washington Star.
Impertinent.
Irate Landlady—Don't you ever dare
come to this house again! Weary Wil
-1 lie—Very well, madam. To Comnan
l ion—Mr. Wraggles. please don't let me
forget to have my secretary cross this
lady's name from my visiting list.—
Luiidon Telegraph.
YOUNG AMERICAN ACTRESS
CHIEF ROLE IN NEW WAR PLAY
When Charles l-'rohman produces within a month Justus Miles Forman's
new play, "The Hyphen," which deals with the effect of the present European
war on the United States, the leading feminine rOle will be played by Miss
Gull Kane. In the new play Miss Knne, who has risen to a prominent place
among the younger American actresses, will have the r6le of Lily Beulow.
daughter of a Gcrmau-Ainerican family living In Pennsylvania, which, through
secret agencies of hyphenated Germans, becomes tragically Involved in the
war. Under the arrangement with Mr. Forma n the play "The Hyphen" will
be produced In one of Mr. Frohman's theatres In New York.
CHALKIER OWNERS SPEND
VACATIONS IN THEIR CARS
Instead of Taking Their Annual Trip
to Europe This Year They Are 00/
/ ing to Have a Look at America
Mars has motorized the gentle art
of taking vacations. Hugh Chalmers,
president of the tihalmers Motor Com
pany, of Detroit, declares that his mail
bags aro jammed with letters from car
owners who assert that instead of ta
king their annual trips to Europe this
year they are going to have a look at
America from the tonneaus of their
touring cars.
"The ignorance of America on the
ipart of some of these prospective tour
ists,'' observed the Detroit motor mag
nate with a chuckle, "is something pa
thetic. Many of them look forward
to prowling about among American mo
tor truils back of the steering wheel
with all the naivete asid artless ness of
children about to cross the threshold
of some fairy land.
"They will find their homespun va
cationing on the (ireat American Play
ground all and more than they are look
ing forward to Judging from the
lloods of mail I am receiving, not only
most of those who usually go abroad
for summer touring, but many of those
who usually spend their vacations at
inland summer resorts or on the sea
shore, are planning to go cross-country
motoring instead this year.
"The democratizing influence of the
motorized vacation, continued the
Chalmers head, "will prove great. It
is one thing to whirl across the conti
nent in the seclusion of a Pullman. It
is anothor thing to cross by easy stages
in your car, pausing to dicker for gruli,
gasoline or lodging for the night at a
farm house, ranch house or some cross
roads inn. Every r-otorist who crosses
the continent in his car for a visit to
the expositions on the Pacific coast will
return home an incomparably better
American for having undertaken the
jaunt. Democracy is a matter of get
ting acquainted "
"Come, and we will tell you moro
about it,'' says Hoss Morton, of the
Keystone Motor Cur Company, the lo
cal distributors. Adv.*
Hypnotic Power In Animals.
An interesting instance of the hyp
notie power possessed by a good many
animals Is given by a correspondent of
the Glasgow ilerald. One morning out
side Elgin a blackbird was observed to
bo stamlbig by the roadside, paying no
heed to the footsteps of the passerby.
It was gazing fixedly at four young
wensels under the hedge, which were
approaching in a semicircle, apparently
to surround It. Just then a wnrning
cry was heard from behind, uttered
presumably by the parent weasel, and
the young ones disappeared In the
hedce. The bird still remained power
less nnd Immovable, and only after re
pented urging did jt fly to a tree nenr
by, when it gave forth a weak, fright
ened sound, as though still under the
Influence of the terror which had ar
rested its faculties.
Overheard In a Family.
"Please shut that door!"
"You wait. I'll get even with you!"
"I never knew her to be on time."
"You're the biggest fool I know!"
"Mother, can't I have just a little
more?"
"Now, who's been at the sideboard?"
"He'll catch his death of cold."
"What makes daddy so late?"
•'How could you! My new table
cloth!"
"I don't see anything the matter with
her cooking." ,
"Don't ever speak to me again!"
•'Muth-her.'"—Life.
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\ 1019-25 Market Street m
j ■ ..1J» ML?«J . • ;
TOlGßlils
The Glenwood Four at $1075 itt , a new p™® fo ;, a m, f erior car
of its quality and beauty.
The Six 46 at 51395 lms SP * a now s,nn,^ va^ue —f nr a superior
™ car of its quality, beauty and power.
GEORGE R. BENTLEY. Proprietor Rear of 1417 N. Front Street
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done the "Sterling" way will deliver service at a lower cost than can be
obtained by the use of shoddy "seconds" or unguaranteed tires.
"Sterling" retreads approximate one-half the cost of new standard
tires, and our mileage records often exceed the mileage obtained on the
original tread.
Compare our record, price and specifications with any other.
Our thirty-three years experience in rubber is a factor in the supremacy
of our shop.
STERLING AUTO TIRE CO,, Street
—►THE VULCANIZERS-* —
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THE NEW REGAL CARS
REGAL CARS for the Coming Season Will Comprise Three Models
The New Regal Light Four
Touring Car or Roadster
i ' The New Regal Standard Four AOC
I Touring Car or Roadster
The New Regal Eight
Touring Car or Roadster
D. W. FITTING
Residence and Office, 1240 Market St., Harrisburg.Pa.
M GARAGE CLOSE TO RESIDENCE
THE CUNNING OF CROWS.
in India These Birds Have Been La
beled "Shreds of Satan."
Travelers iu the orient have mucb
to say about the Indian crow, a bird
that for uncanny knowingness and
prankish audacity has perhaps no
equal. Corviis splendeus—thus have
ornithologists flatteringly labeled liini.
But a naturalist who knows the Indian
crows ut first hand bus called them
"shreds of Satan, cinders from Tar
tarus." To give these impish crea
tures their due. however, it should be
said that life In Iwlia is not a little
enlivened by their pawnee. A cor
respondent witnessed the following in
cident :
A small hawk had seized a little bird
and perched fin a leafless branch to de
vour his prey. The spectacle drew
two crows to the spot. They hopped
and dapped front branch to branch,
noisily discussing the strategy of their
intended raid.
Then olie of them quietly slipped
away through the surrounding foliage.
At the same time his mate flew iu
front "f tiie perching hawk and. hov
ering within a foot of bis beak, main
tained a bustling menace of snatching
the titbit. That effectively compelled the
attention of the hawk. Ills prey firm
ly grasped hencath his feet he an
grily hissed and lunged at the hover
ing nuisance. So lively was the skir
mish that the human onlooker forgot
the existence of the second crow. But.
now that wily bird reappeared some
distance in the rear of his «" >stined
victim. With stealthy sidlings and
short, noiseless flights, he drew near.
Then lie made a swift dash, seized tho
hawk's long, barred tail by the tip,
hung on it with his full weight and
toppled the luckless hawk in a com
plete back somersault from the branch I
The released titbit was instantly seized
by the first crow, and the clever pair
bore off their booty with much trlum
uhant OH wing.—Youth's Companion.
IT PAYS TO USE STAB
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.
THE GREATEST RAILROAD,
Africa's Famous Cape to Cairo Ling
Will Be Unique.
When all the great railroad trunks of
the world have been Imilt. a decade or
two hence, four of tlieui will appear
upou the map in heavy black, indicat
ing that they surpass all others in im
portance. These will be: The Pan-
Amerieau. from the arctic wastes of
Canada to the strait of Magellan; th»
Transsiberian. from the Atlantic to
the Pacific across northern Europe and
Asia: the Transpsrsian or some other
line, from the southeast of Europe to
India, and the Cape to Cairo.
The Pan-American and the Indo-Eu
ropean railways may surpass the Cape
to Cairo as commercial arteries, and
the Transsiberlnu will doubtless fig
ure more potently as a strategic line,
but for tile sheer interest of the coun
try traversed—for the picturesque vari
ety and romantic appeal of the pano
ramas running like double cinemato
graph films pant the car windows—the
great African trunk can never know a
rival.
Six thousand miles across I>r> degrees
of latitude; a score of climates, and
the lauds of a hundred different peo
ples or tribes: the second longest of the
world's rivers and two of its laVgeik
lakes: the greatest dam ever built, con
serving water for the world's richest
lauds: the most imposing and ancient
of all temples: the greatest waterfnM,
and the most important gold and dit»-
luoud mines, and finally one of the la£t
great expanses of real wilderness. tls}
ouiy place in the world where the wljp
beasts of the jungle may be seen Hi
their primitive state from a train—ail
(bese seeu, traversed or experienced iu
twelve days! Surely there can nevsr
lie another such railway as this.—Lew
is R. Freeman iu World's Work. *
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The great thing in the world Is not
s<> much 10 seek happiness as to carta
peace and »elf respect
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