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
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% 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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