REO CARS AND TRUCKS 6-Cylinder Touring, 122 Wheel Base $1385 i 4-Cylinder Touring, 115 Wheel Base, SIOSO 4-Cylinder Roadster, 112 Wheel Base SIOOO R R % to 1-ton Truck complete with body, $1075 1y 2 to 2-ton Truck Chassis only, $1650 ALL r. O. B. FACTORY The Latest Sensation "Hollier" 8 Cylinder Car $985 Backed by twenty-five years' experience in building cars and parts: unlimited capital; and built within own factory; early deliveries. A few reliable asreuts wanted in Central Pennsyl vania. Address HOLLIER SALES CO. 1139 Mulberry St Harrisburg, Pa \ CHALMERS^ FDODGE BROST] \ AND . / \ SAXON / \ Motor Cars I \ KEYSTONE / \ MOTOR CAR CO. I \ 1019-25 Market Street M HAYNES " AMEBIC A'S GREATEST LIGHT SIX A Light Six That's Different Two Models Three Body Styles Model 30—Five-passenger Touring Car, 91485 Model 30 —The prettiest Roadster iif America $1485 Model 33—Kokorao Six, a light seven-passenger Touring Car $1550 Bell Phone 724. Arrange fOr demonstration now. ROBERTS & HOIN Distributors Salesroom—CENTßAL GARAGE, 334 CHESTNUT ST., HARRISBURG ARTISTIC PRINTING AT STAR - INDEPENDENT. t ■ - •* ' - ■ :" ■ "• * S \ ' • ' , ' . , • • , . / • • HARRISBTTRQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1915. IMPORTANCE OF IGNITION SYSTEM IS ITS DEPENDANCE George W. H. Roberts, Distributor of Hayues car. Says Generator-Battery Is Sup«rior to Magneto at Cranking and on Low Speed ''The most important characteristic lof any ignition system should be its dependability under all conditions," states (.ieorge W. H. Roberts, of Rol>~ erts it Hoin, distributor of thedlaynes, America's first ear. "The generator battery system of ignition hns ea-used much discussion as to its reliability in comparison to the high tension magneto system. As a matter of fact there is in reality very little difference between the two systems. The generator4)attcrv system is standard equipment on more t'han sixty per cent, of the leading 191 a models and toy act-ual results is proving the equal of t*he magneto in all respects and the superior at and low speeds. '"lt is a significant fac\ that the new eight-cylinder motors are depend ing upon the generator-battery system for ignition in preference to the mag neto. The two systems have tiheir dis tinctive fields of 'operation. "The magneto system is, of course, reliable, but it has its limitation: in output the same as any electrical gen erator. Prom observations and tests made of tihe two systems, it seems that when all arguments are boiled down, one system is as dependable as the other, and that the generator-battery system is pre-emiuentlv suited to the touring car where extremely low speeds are necessary at times, while the magueto system works to its best advantage in the racing car where the speeds are high and fairly constant. _'' Suppose that the armature of a high tension magneto be taken and mounted stationary at some point on tihe car and that the magneto distributor be driven from the same shaft as be fore. Then if an outside source of cur rent, such as from the lighting gen erator, be sent through the distributor and armature, the ignition current is given exactly in the same manner as would be given by the magneto, were its armature revolving,except that the cur rent would be stronger at the low mo tor speeds. "The motor buyer has been eon fused by comparisons being made be tween the high tension magneto and the old time vibrator coil system, in stead of the modern high tension dis tributor generator-battery system. This latter system can be made a dual sys tem as is the case with most of the magneto . systems.''—Adv.*' HICH SERVICE IN CHALMERS Nearly 4,000.000 Parts of All Models On Hand For Owners of 50,(KM) Oars Hugh Chalmers, whose achievements in motor car manufacturing are a source of perennial amazement, has perfected an endless chain of service to the nearly 50.000 owners of Chal mers cars. f This product of the judgment of the president of the Chalmers Motor Com pany. is a significant development in I the new era of American business | methods. The sale of service has reached its most extraordinary development in the motor car field. Hugh Chalmers is manufacturing and selling service. The car itself is just one detail of that, service. With a multitude of proficient amis, the organization reaches out to owners, wherever they may be. in an organized effort to keep every Chalmers car measuring up to the highest possible degree of satis factory performance at all times. The department carries in stock at all times 'over 4.000.000 parts at all Chalmers models, from the earliest to the latest. For some of these in numerable parts there will probably never be a call. They are carried as an insurance that Chalmers owners may have swift and satisfactory ser vice in any contingency. Chalmers service does not mean giv ing something for nothing. It means giving prompt attention to every Chal mers need at as low a cost as possible. The Keystone Motor Car Companv, local distributors of this car, say pre cisely the same care and attention are accorded to owners of re-sold cars. The Detroit millionaire feels the same pains-taking concern over the oldest of the line as he does over the latest and proudest models.—Adv.* MOTORCYCLE NOTES The Capital City Motorcycle Club of Sacramento, Cal., will hold its annual spring race meet on May 2. April 1 the Federation of American Motorcyclists will launch its annual nation-wide campaign for new mem bers. The contest will extend over three months—April, May and June, and every motorcycle club affiliated with the F. A. M. is eligible to com pete for the prizes, which Consist of fifteen Old Sol motorcycle lamps with Cniversal brackets and one Old Sol electric lighting system. To the club securing the largest number of new members during any of these three months will lie awarded five Old Sol motorcycle lamps with brackets. And then as a Grand Prize, a complete elec tric lighting system will lie given to the club affiliating the largest number of riders during the entire three months' period. The greatest motorcycle race meet ever held lu Pennsylvania is being planuea for April 24, by the Blair County Motorcycle Club of Altoona. The Motorcycle Trade Association of Philadelphia will hoM its first race meet on July 3. LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS Printed at this office in best style, at lowest prices isj on short notice. CHANDLER ANNOONCESNEW SEVEN-PASSENGER MODEL Longer Wheel Base and Extra Carry ing Capacity Feature New Body— Price Remains Unchanged—Demand for a Room Car Is Recognized Recognising tthe demand for a roomy I seven-passenger car of the sis-vy iiuder type, the Chandler Motor Oar Company of Cleveland lias jus<t announced a new seveu-pasenger body style for the com ing season at $-1,29 5. To accommodate ttoc handsome stream line body, the Chandler Six wheel base has been lengthened considerably, and the com plete car will take its place as one of the smartest of late-season models. Although the car's value lias been, greatly increased, officials of t'ne com pany state that no change will be made iu the price, which remains at $1,295, In designing the new sev**-passengor bod.<" Chandler engineers have,, given speeb.l attention to the comfort of pas sengers in the tonneau. The two extra seats iu t'lie rear are among the most ingenious devices seen in motoring cir cles for some seasons. These auxiliary seats when not in use, fold into the back of the front seat, and are clever ly couct%led bv Haps, giving the car Hie appearance of a five-passenger machine. When raised in position, they nre k self supporting, no thumb-screws or levers of any nature being necessary to keep them in place. One direct motion of the hand raises a seat in position, ready foi use or lowers it out of the way. The absence of supports under the auxiliary seats affords the occupants of the rear seat, additional leg room and freedom from annoyance. Since the announcement of the sl,- 295 Chandler at the Chicago automo bile show, the big Cleveland plant of the Chandler Company has been working day and night in an effort to keep up with orders. Several large additions to the factory, now ncaring completion, will more than double the capacity of the plaut. These additions include an entirely new assembly building and ex tensive enlargement of the body finish ing and testing departments.—Adv.* STATESTOCETLARCE RETURN Transcontinental Travel This Year In Monetary Value to Run High Says American Auto Association Reduced to figures that will demon strate the monetary returns from the great volume of transcontinental travel that will be done this year, the most conservative estimate Is well borne out by the Inquiries for touring and route Information received at the Washington and New York touring bureaus of the American Automobile Association. On April 1 the total was 1,000. Facts supplied by all these In quiries indicate an average of four persons to a car. Placing the average expenditure at $3.00 per head per diem —and this makes allowance for a por tion that will camp out at least some of the way—this plainly shows a net In come of not less than 142,000 to each of the States crossed. As the sea-urn foi this information is hardly started, it can readily lie seen that the amount of money which will be spent in each of the States by the automobile tourists will run Into seven figures. Whatever estimate may have been made as to the amount of touring that will be done this year in the United States, it will fall far short of the actual count. This view of the situa tion Is warranted by the enormous increase in the number of inquiries be ing handled this spring by the A. A. A. This increase over any previous year's records not only conies front the mem bership of the National body of motor car owners, but also through the vari ous Chambers of Commerce and like business associations between the At lantic and Pacific oceans. These in quiries logically find their way to the National body of organized motorists because it has at its command all the general tqurlng and route information, and has accumulated a large amount of unusual data as to roads and con ditions. Contributions are continu ously being received from the more than one hundred thousand member ship of the A. A. A. throughout the country. EVERY REO CAR SELLS TWO Company Certain That All Autos Turned Out of Factory Are Up to the Standard , "It's awfully hard to have to turn down two orders for every one you can accept and till, but we'd rather do that than force the factories to the limit, put oil a lot of unknown, untried men and send cars out that might not be up to the standard," says R. C. Rueschaw, sales manager of the. Reo Motor Car Company. "There's an almost irresistible temp tation to 'shoot them out.' as they say in the trade, and try to till all dealers' demands. We have, however, become so accustomed to an over-demand and to resisting that kind of temptation, it. has now become a habit with us and so it's easier than if it were a new ex perience with us. "Our plau Is to make every car sell two others. Only way to do thut is to be certain every car is fully up to standard. That Isn't easy at any time —lt Is almost impossible when working under pressure with the safety valve tied down. We tjever do It. "Business Is certainly wonderful," continued Mr. Rueschaw. "We have never seen anything like It. lonising postofflce will be in the first division in a few weeks if the mall keeps up." This is only one of the factory re ports sent, to the Harrisburg Auto Company, local distributors, and Mr. George G. McFarland, president, is tiwake to the Immense local demand for Reo products.—Adv.* DEALERS FLOCK TO PAICE FACTORY FOR MORE CARS Big Demand All Over Country Makes Sales Manager Krohu Com ment on Prosperity—Pessimists Must Take a Back Seat I Where is the man who said these were hard times, thai business was bad and every day a blue iMondayf If this pessimist is about, Henry Krohn, shies manager of the Paige-De troit (Motor Cur Company, would like to meet him. If he does meet (hint Mr. Krohu would like to ask liiim what par ticular brand of gloom lie is smoking. Mr. Krohn has been hustling about the country at a pretty lively pace ever sitace tlif opening of the New York ►•now in January and lie has yet to find any evidence v»f business depression or arrested prosperity. " \\ ithm my experience and from the viewpoint of our company," said IMtr. Krohn, "conditions were never better, nor have they ever promised more for the future. These arc not mere pleasoni generalities. They are bused upon ac tual facts. For example, our factory is now overwhelmed with orders ami ttiere is a constant procession of dealers, twenty and thirty a day, coining to our headquarters to hasten the completion of their allotments and to be;: for more cars. Almost every important dealer wo have wants more of our Sixes than 'he contracted for. "In Chicago the Bird-Sykes Com pany since the first of the year have sold and delivered more than 200 Paige Sixes in Chicago territory, which, I be lieve, is a" record unsurpassed iu the Six field. As a result their allotment is gone, and Mr. ißird joined the profes sion to the factory to beg for more cars. The Biird-Svkes Company will cele brate hliis exceptional prosperity with a Paige jubilee month, keeping open house all t'hrough.. April. "Just about »tho same story can be I told of N'ew York, Philadelphia, De troit and all other big distributing points. The result is that our factory has, for some time, 'been working dou ble shifts to meet the orders and will continue to do so indefinitely. That is why I wonder why any one should j imagine all is nojt right witih business, i If conditions were any better we couildn't stand it."—Adv.* STORY OF HOLLIER "EIGHT" Beauty, Power and Comfort in Pop ular Car Satisfy Demands of American People The American -people demand change' and improvement with every season, and the latest favorite for 191$ is fouud in the Hollier "Eight" which has beeu received with great eclat, both the dealer and the owner have extended it the glad hard. Throughout.the entire car the handi work of the master designer is fouud. Its popular price and economical fea ture appeal to the good business man, while the beauty, power and comfort satisfy the buyer who needs not con sider price. The Lewis Spring and Axle Com pany have by the elimination of ex cessive overhead costs tuul abnormal ndvertistiuij campaigns made it pos sible to offer to the buyer the first car in which all of the intrinsic value is found in the component parts of the car. Fred Lewis who has designed the new Hollier "Eight," has produced a machine that has none of the defects found iu the early "Eights." and the new car will be found a full season ahead of its competitors. The Hollier "Eight" was first quietly offered to the trade during the Natioaal show period, and the cars to the value of $2,000,000 were sold to the large distributors within two weeks' time. A record proving its own merit. Almost every builder of four cylinder pleasure cars has been en deavoring to secure an eight cylinder motor for their fonr cylinder chassis, and a number of these motors are now being offered with hurriedly assembled motors of unproven performance. Thii. disposition on the part of the manufacturer, however, proves the de mand for the eight cylinder construc tion, Which now seems to be the ulti mate design, because of its power and compactness. Harrisburg has been recognized as a distributing center and fourteen counties will be supplied from this city. Early deliveries are guaran teed by the Hollier Sales Company, I. W. Dill, manager.—Adv.* XORTHWAY'S 0. K. ON NEW CAR "Hollier 8" in Hands of One of tke Best Engineers I. W. Dill, who has lately taken a new car, the Hollier 8. is very much delighted not only with the car itselt but also with the ones who are repre sentatives of it. and says: "H. E. Northway, the founder of the Northway Motor Company and original designer of theNorthway Motor, takes the agency and' will sell The Ilollier Eight.' When a man like H. E. Northway, who has had years of experience, made exhaustive tests and expensive experiments, puts ills £). K. on a car it is almost proof positive that the car is as near iierfect as it is possible for human hands to make it. For Mr. Northway is recognized as one of the greatest engineers in this coun try. Now If the 'Hollier Eight' Is good enough for Mr. Northway to use and sell, It certainly is good enough for tha most fustidious."—Adv.* American Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher. Trated —Tried and Proven The effect of the powder thrown upon a Ore Is almost Incredible. GBY CHEMICAL COMPANY Manufacturing Chemtata and Pk>alclaa Suppllra *3 S. FOURTH ST. UARRISUI RU. PA. | JUDGE LAUDS DODGE CAR ! Supreme Court Official Says It's a Unit of Perfect Mechanism I Valued, because entirely unsolicited, Is a recent letter received by Dodge Brothers from n .ludge of the' Supreme Court. State of .Missouri, who recently purchased u Dodge Brothers' ear. "I have been using ni.v car every suitable day since its arrival and I find it to lie in every respect a unit of perfect mechanism and great power. The en virons of this city are hilly and have furnished a thorough test its well as demonstration of power and eapuclti of your car. It hits been a delight to nte every day I have ridden In It., it ltd lit my judgment Is Incomparably the best value which has been offered to the public."—Adv.* . The Cannl Zone Motorcycle Club of Atiooii. Canal Zone. Is planning to af tlllate with the Kedera tion of Aiuetican Motorcycles. t jfpfrli Q gffTtt Six-Cylinder, 4«-Horse F*' Wjy Kj tKT Power, 7-Passenger Touring rHltot "The Standard of \ nine uud Quality." Whether you consider the motor, the body design, the electric system, the spring suspension, the clutch, or anv other of the vital parts of Paige cars, you will find unsurpassed quality for the price ypu pay. 4-CyHnder 36 H. P., 5-Passenger Touring, $1075 RIVERSIDE AUTO CO. Bell Phone 37:11 R of 1«17 N. Front Street GEORGE R. BENTLEY, Proprietor THE NEW REGAL CARS REGAL CARS for the Coming Season Will Comprise Three Models The New Regal Light Four Touring Oar or Roadster The New Regal Standard Four 1 f|QK Tpuring Car or Roadster AUOtJ The New Regal Eight Touring ( l ar or Roadster ■L&UV D. W. FITTING Residence and Office, 1240 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa. GARAGE CLOSE TO RESIDENCE - mw* 7-Passenger 3-Passenger j Phaston Tgjjjji' Roadster Sold by I. W. DILL, Harrisburg, Pa. \ "Trucks lor Every Purpose" 'G. M. C., 'Republic & 'Bessemer Trucks 34 to 6 Tons When in trouble on the road, phone us Bell j Phone 1710—and we will tow you in free of change. 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. * / > Efficiency Also Means Economy "GET A TRUCK" 34t0l Ton, $995 — 154 to 2 Tons, $1575 All Models Gear Driven Specifications Continental motor. Brisch mag neto. Three-speed transmission. Strornberg car buretor. Dry plate clutch. Long' wheel base. De mountable tires. A size and lwodel for every purpose. Sold at the Hudson Agency, bv I. W. DILL We have sold seven Republic Trucks in ten days. T GEARED TO THE ROAD »res are averaging a third and more ovor their guarantee of 4,500 MILES in this district. Get the Proofs Sterling Auto Tire Co. Distributors and Adjusters 1451 Zarker Street The Vulcanizers 9
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