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
iy 2 to 2-ton Truck Chassis only, $1650
ALL F. 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 agents wanted in Central Pennsyl
vania. Address
HOLLIER SALES CO.
1139 Mulberry St Harrisburg, Pa
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\ DODGE BROS, j
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\ Motor Cars #
\ KEYSTONE /
\ MOTOR CAR CO. 1
\ 1019-25 Market Street JF
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AMEBIC A'S GBEATEST 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 irf America $1485
Model 33—Kokonio 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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HARRISBTJRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1915.
IMPORTANCE OF IGNITION
SYSTEM IS ITS DEPENDANCE
George W. H. Roberts, Distributor of
Haynes Car, Says Generator-Battery
Is Superior to Magneto at Cranking
and on Low Speed
''The most important characteristic
lof any ignition system should be its
dependability under all conditions,"
states Ueorge W. H. Roberto, of Rob
erts * lioin, distributor of the Jlaynes,
America's first car. "The generator
■battery system of ignition has caused
muc'h 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 generatorJbattery
system is standard equipment on more
t'han sixty per cent, of the leading
191'5 models and 'by actual results is
proving the equal of the magneto in all
respects and the superior at cranking
and low speeds.
"It is a significant fae\ 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 their 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 the 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-eminently stilted to the touring
car w'here extremely low speeds are
necessary at times, while the magneto
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 con
fused by comparisons being made be
tween the high tension magneto and
the old time vibrator eoil 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.*'
HIGH SERYICE IN CHALMERS
Nearly 4,000,000 Parts of All Models
On Hand For Owners of
50,000 Cars
: Hugh Chalmers, whose achievements
in motor car manufacturing are a
j source of perennial amazement, has
perfected an endless chain of service
| to the nearly 50,000 owners of Chal
mers cars.
| This product of the judgment of the
president of the Chalmers Motor Coin
j pany, Is a significant development in
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 arms, 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 of all
Chalmers models, from the earliest to
the latest. For some of these in
numerable parts there will probably
never lie 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 Company,
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, Gal., will hold its annuul
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
Universal 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 in Pennsylvania Is being
planned 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 BOOB&
Printed at this office in best style, at
Jaweat uricos and on short notice.
CHANDLER ANNOONCES NEW
SEVEN-PASSENCER MODEL
Longer Wheel Base and Extra Carry
ing Capacity Feature New Body—
Price Remains Unchanged—Demand
for a Room Car Is Recognized
Recognizing tthe demand for a roomy
I seven-passenger car of the sisr-vy Under
type, the Chandler Motor Car Company
of Cleveland ilias jusrt announced a new
seven-pasenger body style for the coin
ing season at $1,295. To accommodate
t)he handsome stream line body, the
Chandler Bix 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 has been,
greatly increased, officials of toe com
pany state that no change will be made
in the price, which remains at $1,295.
In designing the new sev»-passenger
bod,<" Chandler engineers have> given
speci.il attention to the comfort of pas
sengers in the tonneau. The two extra
seats in t'he 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 eoncAled by flaps, giving the car t'he
appear&uee of a five-passeuger machine.
When raised in position, they are'' self
supporting, no thumb-screws or levers
of any nature being necessary to keop
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 dhow, 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 nearing completion,
will more than double the capacity of
the plant. These additions include an
entirely new assenvbly building and ex
tensive enlargement of the body finish
ing and testing departments.—'Adv.*
STATESTOCET LARGE RETURN
Transcontinental Travel This Year In
Monetary Value to Ruu High
Says American Auto Association
Reduced to figures that will demon
strate the monetary returns from the
great volume of transcontinental
travel that will he done this year, flic
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
exi>endlture at £3.00 tier head per diem
—and tltfs makes allowance for a por
tion that will camp opt at least some
of the way—this plainly shows a net in
come of not less tlian $-12,000 to each of
the States crossed. As the season for
this information is hardly started, it
can readily be seeij 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 increuse over any previous year's
records not only conies from 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 tquring 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 fill, but we'd rather dc
that than force the factories to the
limit, put on 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 th'em out,' a? they say
in the trade, and try to fill all dealers'
demands. We have, however, become
so accustomed to an over-demand and
to resisting that kind of temptation, it
lias now become a habit with us and so
it's easier than If It were a new ex
perience with us.
"Our plan is to make every car sell
two others. Only way to do that 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 ijever do It.
"Business is certainly wonderful,''
continued Mr. Rueschaw. "We have
never seen anything like It. Lansing
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
awake to the immense local demand for
Reo products.—Adv.*
DEALERS FLOCK TO PAIGE
FACTORY FOR MORE CARS
Big Demand Frog, All Over Country
Makes Sales Manager Krohn Com
ment on Prosperity—Pessimists
Must Take a Back Seat
Where is the man who said these
I were hard times, that business was bad
and every day a blue (Monday t
If this pessimist is aixnit, llenry
Krohn, shies manager of the Paige-De
troit (Motor Car Company, would like to
meet him. If he does meet him Mr.
Krohn would like to ask him what par
ticular brand of gloom he is smoking.
Mr. Krohn has been hustling aibout
the country at a pretty lively pace ever
sihee the opening of the New York
h'iiow in January and he has yet to find
any evidence taf business depression or
arrested prosperity.
" Within my experience and from the
viewpoint of our company,'' said 'Mir.
Krohn, "conditions were never better,
nor have they ever promised more for
Hie future. These are not mere pleasant
generalities. They are bused upon ac
tual facte. For example, our factory is
now overwhelmed with orders ami Mere
is a constant procession of deailers,
twenty and thirty a day, coming to our
headquarters to hasten the completion
of their allotments and to be;: for more
cars. Almost every important dealer
we have wants more of our .Sixes than
foe contracted for.
"In Chicago t'he Bird-6ykes Com
pany, since the first of the year have
sold and delivered more than 200 Paige
Sixes in Chicago territory, which, 1 'be
lieve, is a" record unsurpassed in the Six
field. As a result their allotment is
gone, and Mr. ißird joined the proces
sion to the factory to beg for more
cars. The Bird-Svkes Company will cele
brate this exceptional prosperity with
a Paige ju'bilee month, keeping open
house all through, April.
"Just about»the saone story can ibe
told of New 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 j
continue to do so indefinitely. That is
why I wonder why any one Should j
imagine all is nc*t right witih business, i
If conditions were any bet ter we!
couldn'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
1915 is fouud in the Hollier "Bight"
which has been received with great
eclat, both the dealer and the owner
have extended it the glad hand.
Throughout the entire car the handi
work of the master designer is found.
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 Co9ts and abnormal
advertising 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 in the early "Eights." and Die
new car will be found a full season
ahead of its competitors.
The Hollier "Eight" was first
quietly offered to the trade during the
National 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 hae been en
deavoring to secure an eight cylinder
motor for their four cylinder chassis,
and a number of these motors are now
being offered with hurriedly assembled
motors of unproven performance.
Thin, 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.*
NORTH WAY'S 0. K. ON NKW CAR
"Hollier 8" in Hands of One of the
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:
"R. E. Northway, the founder of
the Northway Motor Company and
original designer of theNorthway Motor,
takes the agency and' will sell 'The
Hollier Fight.' When a man like R.
E. Northway, who has had years of
experience, made exhaustive tests and
exiienslve experiments, puts Ills jO. K.
on a car it is almost proof positive
that the car is as near i>erfect as it is
possible for human bands to make it.
For Mr. Nnrthway is recognized as one
of the greatest engineers in this coun
try. Now if the 'Hollier Eight' is good
enough for Mr. Northwny to use and
sell, if certainly is good enough for tha
most fastidious.'' —Adv.*
American Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher.
Tested —Tried and Proven
The effect of the powder thrown upon
a Qre Is almost Incredible.
EBY CHEMICAL COMPANY
Manufacturing Chemlata and Phyaldan
Supplies
S3 S. FOURTH ST, HARRISBURG. PA.
JCIMiE LAUDS DODGE CAR
Supreme Court Official Says It's a
Unit of Perfect Mechanism
I \ alued, because entirely unsolicited,
is a recent letter received by Dodge
Brothers from a Judge of tlit* Supreme
Court. State of Missouri, who recent I v
purchased a Dodge Brothers' car. "I
have been using my car every suitable
day since its arrival and I Hud it to be
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 as well as
demonstration of power and capacity
of your cur. It has been a delight to
me every day I have ridden in it. and
in my judgment is incomparably the
best value which has been offered to
the public."—Adv.*
. The I'annl Zone Motorcycle (Tub of
AnCitn, Canal Zone, is planning to af
filiate with the Federation of American
Motorcycles. /
J&xSjt O d(P3l\jfrk tfft-'TiTt Six-Cylinder, 4H-Horse
fi jy Power, 7-Passenger Touring
rHlbt Sf£i
"Hie Standard of Value and Quality." AVhether von consider the motor,
the bod.v design, the electric system, the spring suspension, the clutch, or any
other of the vital parts of Paige cars, you will Hnd unsurpassed quality for
the price ypu pay.
4-CyHnder 36 H. P., 5-Passenger Touring, $1075
RIVERSIDE AUTO CO, B O H pho ne «-»! R
of 1417 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 fIiCKA
Touring Car or Roadster «POOU
The New Regal Standard Four d»-| AQC
Tpuring Car or Roadster V AUOO
The New Regal Eight <£l9^o
Touring Car or Roadster *P.I.«OVF
D. W. FITTING
Residence and Office, 1240 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.
GARAGE CLOSE TO RESIDENCE
in ■■in
7-Paaaengmr 3-Passenger
Phaeton Ra*d»Ur
Sold by I. W. DILL, Harrisburg, Pa.
"Trucks lor Every Purpose *
'G. M. C., 'Republic & 'Bessemer Trucks
34 to 6 Tons
"N
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"
" ryt% r
•54 to 1 Ton, $995 — IJ4 to 2 Tons, $1575
All Models Gear Driven
Specifications Continental motor. Bdscli mag
neto. Three-speed transmission. Stroinberg car
buretor. Dry plate clutch. Long base. De
mountable tires. A size and model for every purpose.
Sold at the Hudson Agency x by
I. W. DILL
We have scld seven Republic Trucks in ten days.
ttl'itl*?
T GEARED TO THE ROW>
» res
are averaging a
tliird and more over
their guarantee of
4,500 MILES
in this district.
Get the Proofs
Sterling Auto Tire Co.
Distributors and Adjusters
I 45J Zarker Street
The Vulcanizers
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