8 A Test which Proves that you can tfet POSITIVE, PERFECT f tt Gasoline-feed under all conditions, no matter what the grade § fB The above photograph ihows an Oakland car The angle at which this car is tilted .s the same IB equipped with the Stewart Vacaom Gasoline System angle at which, according to "Engineering Table of &W n an d running under its own power. The idea of this test Grades," gravity overcomes traction. No car could BJ was to prove that even under these exaggerated con- climb a grade so steep. Could you do this with a pres- wK 18 ditlons the Stewart Vacuum Gasoline System will supply sure feed system? Could you do It with a cowl tank? 3? J a positive, even flow of gasoline to the carburetor. Could you do it with a gravity system? mff I Vacuum Gasoline System I M Thousands are being sold to car owners everywhere before starting car. All the old air-leak troubles 01 pre* fIR to n»ke their cara gasoline-feed perfect and save them sure feed systems done away with. Don't need to re- jflk H the troubles and annoyances of old systems. 100,000 move any part of your old gasoline system to put this on. m S the carburetor without any attention on Can be put on any sR JR hand-pumping of air intothe gasoline tank is necessary 30 Days* Trial ffflf jKj DIMMING HEAD LAMPS ON AUTOS PUZZLES PEOPLE C. E. Hoin Explains Why Light Is Re duced in City By Likening Elec tric Current to Water Flowing In Two Tubs "This proposition of dimming the head lamps of automobiles in grder to reduce the light for city driving or when the car is left standing seems to be a puzzle to most people," de clares C. E. Hoin, of Roberts & Iloin, distributor of the Haynee Light Six. "To make the matter clear, suppose that there are two tubs to be filled with water and that a separate pipe carries the water to each tub. The tubs will receive a certain amount of water within a given time. One of two methods may 'be used to reduce the amount of water flowing into the tubs. "Both tubs may be filled from the same pipe and the other pipe turned off. Iu this method lees water is used in the same time that both pipes were flowing. The second method is to al low the water to flow into the tubs through the two pipes and cut holes in the pipes so that part of the water in each pipe may leak out. In either ease the amount of water reaching the tubs will be lese than in the first case. "Now the electric current behaves in the same manner. The head lamps are the tubs arid the wires the pipes. The electric current is the water flow ing through the pipes. When the lamps are burning at the full intensity, cur rent is coming to each one through separate wires. The only way to make an electic lamp give less light is to cut down the current flowing through it. The wires may be cut the same as holes were cut in the pipe, and resist ances or coils of wire connected in to use up part of the current so that less current will reach the lamps. Obvious ly, more current is being used when the lights are dimmed by this method than were the lights burning brightly, but this system can still be found on some cars. 'The moet economical way is to Actually reduce the amount of current going to the lamp by switching both lamps into series the same as both tubs were tilled from the one pipe and the other pipe shut off entirely. In this method the electricity is slaved by turning the dimmer switch just as gas is saved in a gas light when the gas is turned down low."—Adv* Rain Puts Out Seven-day Blaze Pine Grove, Pa., April 24.—After 'burning fiercoly for seven days, the forest fires which scourged the moun tains in the neighborhood of Lyken?, and later in the neighborhood of Rocv! ■were quenched by the rV.n Thursday night, to the relief of thousands who suffered from the dense smoke. PASGEIiIi The Glenwood Four at $1075 is , a new price for a superior car of its quality and beauty. Tll6 Six 46 3,t $1395 tins set ft new stan d»rd of value—for a superior car of its quality, beauty and power. OEORGE R. BENTLEY, Proprietor Rear of 1417 N. Front Street RIVERSIDE AUTO CO • Bell Phone 3731 R AUTO BUSINESS IS BOOMING Jeffery Company Sales Manager, After Swing Around Circle, Reports Pros pects Extraordinarily Bright Reports from motor car concerns all over the country indicate a heavier de mand for automobiles than has ever before been known in the industry. Five hundred thousand cars were sold last year, and there is every reason to believe t 1 at this figure will be great ly exceeded this vear. The prosperity of the American farmer and the favorable crop outlook are important factors in this develop ment. Farmers in practically every sec tion of the country are getting high prices and they are optimistic about the future. Seven hundred and fifty byshels. of farmer's wheat to-day will buy the same automobile that required eleven hundred and fifty bushels a year ago and sixteen hundred eight mouths ago. Making the illustration with oats and corn, it works cut in about the same proportion. E. S. Jordan, sales manager of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company, who has .just returned from a circle trip through Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Kentucky, says that condi tions nil through the South are picking up wonderfully. There has been a de cided improvement in tho cotton situa tion—prices are going up and the farm ers are laying their plans for a success ful crop season this year. Mr. Jordun goes on to say: "I believe the boom we are experi encing in our own business is typical of improving conditions in other lines. We are in for a record amount of busi ness this month. The four million dol lars' worth of truck orders received from Europe made it necessary some time ago to put our plant on a 24-hour basis—three 8-hour shifts every day in the week—and now we are taking on men every day to turn out the pleasure cars ordered by our dealers in this country. "So far this month we have shipped eleven hundred pleasure cars and tiucks, and there is no letup in sight; in fact, orders are pouring in faster every day. Since April 10, when we announced our profit-sharing plan of the Jeffery Four, the factory has been getting farther and farther behind in spite of steady additions to tho work ing force. The Jefforv Four at the new prosperity sharing price of $1,150 is making a clean sweep of it. There is no question but what Jeffery dealers will make more money this spring than ever before in the history of the com pany. The calamity howlers are being put to silence by actual boom conditions in the automobile business." Adv.* Starting a Row iMr. Crabb—This newspaper wants to know if remorse can kill a mule. Mrs. Orabb—Well, John, dear, don't you go and be a martyr just to satisfy their curiosity.—Buffalo Express. HARRISBTJRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1915. * HALF-MILE SPEEDWAY TO TEST DODGE BROS.' CARS Solidly Constructed Banked Track a Unique Addition to Testing Equip ment at Big Detroit Plant; Steel Test Hill Also to Be Built Decidedly unique in design and con struction is the new half-mile speed way and test-hill which is nearing com pletion 011 the grounds of Dodge Broth ers, the big Detroit motor car manu facturers. Built to take care of testing operations 011 the rapidly increasing daily production of cars. Dodge Broth ers' new test track has all the per manence of the speedway built for hip podrome performances. When finished within tho next thirty days, over 215,000 feet of lum ber will have gone into the construc tion of the new track. The speedway is built on a foundation of clay and cinders, banked at the turns to allow high speed tests, and is surfaced with a fine grade of pine planking which has been ereosoted to afford a dust less and smooth track. As Dodge Brothers' production is rapidly ap proaching the 200-car-per-day mark, the new speedway bids fair to have a daily entry list far surpassing that of the Indianapolis Speedway 011 Me morial Day. «- The construction of the test-hill in the center of the speedway enclosure is a striking example of bringing the mountain to Mahomet. As practically all the country in the vicinity of De troit is a flat plain, the special advan tages of hill-testing are denied to motor car makers. Dodge Brothers very sensibly decided to provide an artificial hill, and a steel structure 542 feet long and 30 feet wide is al ready under way. The steel hill has two approaches with varying grades, allowing testers to try out the climb ing ability of the car on gradual and steep ascents. The speedway test is but one of many given Dodge Brothers cars be fore being O.K.'d for shipment. All motors are first worked out under electric power and then taken to the gasoline block-testing room. Each mo tor must then produce a given amount of power on the dynamo-meter before it is turned over to the road workout. —Adv. * "SOME CORNET," SAYS "TAD" Sparton Horn Figures in Silk Hat Harry Divorce Case Funnygraphs "Tad" likes his new Sparton horn —likes it so well that he made a drawing of it showimg Judge Rum hauser using the Sparton to blow hie old enemy, Silk Hat Harry, out of his path entirely. Then he sent tho drawing with his compliments to Capt. William Sparks, general manager of the Sparks-With ingtyn Company, saying, "Believe me, it's considerable cornet. Yours for Yahootas. Tad." "Tad" an all the world knows, is T. A. Dorgan, of the New York "Jour nal." He writes tho Silk Hat Harry Divorce Case "Funnygraphs" which appear in many of the large daily papers and create screams of laughter everywhere. "Tad" is a scream expert, but he can t create the kind of scream ti clear the road in front of his car. So he selected the Sparton Horn to pro duce that kind of scream for him. Adv.* SUBSTITUTION PROBLEM LARGE IN AUTO BUSINESS R. C. Rueschaw Says It Exists In Ag gravated Form and That Over-De mand for Reos Makes the Company Face the Question "'We, in the automobile 'business, have to deal with the problem of sub stitution in its most aggravated form," says R. (X Rueschaw, sales manager of the lieo (Motor Car Company. '"By that, I mean that we are con fronted with the evil of substitution not on the part of competitors merely, but right in our own house as it were. By the very dealers who handle Reo cars in some cases. "Just at this moment, because of the extraordinary condition that exists as a result of a tremendous over-demand for ■Reo cars, wo are wrestling with the substitution problem as never before. "One would naturally suppose that the ideal condition for any manufac turer or dealer, would be an over-de mand for his product. But that is not necessarily the case. In fact, it may prove a very dangerous condition. And that is why we are watching it so close ly at this time. "You see, it is known everywhere in the trade and among motorists that because of t-.eir splendid reputation and their values, we have more orders for Reo fours, sixes and even motor trucks than we can supply at once. Eventually we hope to supply them all, of course. "It would be but natural that deal ers handling other and coinpetitve lines of cars, should use that argument to induce prospective buyers to accept cars other than Reos. But one unfamiliar with this kaleidoscopic business would hardly expect the very dealers who han dle Reos to do that. Yet it is a fact in several cases. "Few people realize that because of the fact that this is a strictly cash busi ness it calls for the most careful watch ing from the sales department. Where the watching of credits is the problem in other lines of manufacturing, the watching for changes and substitutions is the important thing in the automo bile business. ''l'll explain that in a few words. Being a cash business, it is a fact that, the moment a 'dealer has taken his car load of automobiles off the side-track aid paid the sight draft that is always attached to the bill of lading, he owes nothing to the manufacturer—not even allegiance. Unless he be a man of more than average integrity and stability and foresight, that is how he interprets the memoranda that, in this business is erroneously called a contract. "So it happens, that when there is a demand greatly in excess of possible supply, for a certain car, there is a great temptation for the dealer to take on another line temporarily and try to substitute it for the more reputable model while the big spring demand is on. "Of course he may have no idea of continuing that line. He may have bought up a job lot at a big discount in fact. It's a case of cashing while the cashing is good. "Of course this practice is gener ally confined to the less responsible dealers— and certainly to the short sighted ones. When we find a case I make a mental note of the fact that an other year Reo will look for better rep resentation in that town. ' But, meantime, we have to wrestle with a problem that is met in all lines, out in an aggravated form in this busi ness—substitution, and by those from whom you would least expect it. "To warn buyers of this we have found it necessary to publish an adver tisement, treating'of and explaining this remarkable condition.—Adv.* LINCOLN HICHWAYNOTES Johnstown, Pa., papers ar« advo cating the placing of a large sjgn on the Lincoln Highway in the vicinity of Sto.vestown, telling tourists that Johnstown is about 20 miles to the north, assuring them of a good, well marked road, and briefly giving the advantages of a detour to that city. The Lincoln Highway is entirely marked across the state of California, one telegraph pole to tfce mile being painted with the familiar red, white and blue marker in the country and on e pole to every block in the cities. The committee made up of mem bers of the various women's clubs in Stockton, Cal., which has in charge the beautifying and cleaning up of the city this spring, has arranged to beau tify particularly the entrances of the Lincoln Highway. Vines have been planted so that they will grow over the bridge which crosses the canal leading into the city and the banks of the canal have been planted with seeds. r \ mnw T GEARED TO THE ROAD ires .» are averaging a third and more over their guarantee of 4,500 MILES in this district. Get the Proofs Sterling Auto Tire Co. Distributors and Adjusters 1451 Zarker Street The Vulcanizers v j 6,000 MILES IN 30 DAYS TASK FOR SAXON ROADSTER Schedule of Car Over Boston and Springfield Route Calls for 200 Mile-trip Each Day—Has Complet ed Halfway Mark Covering 6,000 miles in 30 days is the task mapped out for the Saxon roadster that is making a daily run over the Boston and Springfield route. The schedule of the car calls for a 200-mile round trip each day from Bos ton to Springfield and.return via Wor cester. From latest reports, this Saxon had passed the halfway mark and was op crating as smoothly as the day it start ed tho severe test. So far as records show, no automobile has ever attempted to cover so much distance in the same length of time as this $395 car is making. It started April 1 and is due to end its series of trips on the night of April 30. , The run is being held simultaneously with an endurance test that another Saxon roadster is making between New York and Albany along the Hudson riv er. The New York run is almost as severe as the one being staged in New England. It requires covering 4,500 miles, or 150 m'iles a day for 30 days. The best day's record scored thus far for the Boston and Springfield car was when it completed one of its 200-mile trips on six gallons of gasoline and two and one-half quarts of oil. The fastest trip it has scored was in making the required distance in five hours and forty-five minutes of actual running time. An average of better than thir ty miles on a gallon of gasoline is be ing consistently maintained. The car has encountered a good deal of bad weather that has made the roads bad for touring, due to the fact that the run is being held before the open ing of the regular touring season. Among other obstacles which the car has encountered was a typical New England snowstorm, which made the roads muddy and rought practically all the way. G. F. Lombard, who is piloting the 30-day Saxon on its rounds, reports that the car is operating on a schedule with almost time-table regularity. Driver Lombard starts from Boston each morning at 7 o'clock, reaches Wor cester at 9 and checks in at Springfield at noon. At 2 o'clock he sets out each day on the return trip and gets back to Boston before dark. The car that is making the run is a regular stock model. Tt was unloaded from the freight car that took it to Boston from the factory and carried the standard equipment. On the panel of the machine, directly under the seat, is painted in white letters "6,000 miles in 30 days." It is expected that the resnlts of this 6,000-mile trip will establish new records in fuel consumption and en durance. No special tuning up was given this car. It is similar to those being shipped to dealers each day from the factory. Adv.* PREDICTS PROSPEROUS YEAR Auto Head Makes Trip Investigating Conditions Thoroughly, From At lantic to Pacific It is popularly supposed that the president of a tremendous manufac turing organization like the Paige- Detroit Motor Car Company sits in a very private office and with impressive seriousness directs the affairs of his company. But President H. M. Jewett has a different conception of what his duties require. He believes in eternal watch fulness of business conditions and in securing exact information of the sit uation from every part of the coun try. A few days ago he returned to De troit after an extended trip that has practically required the past four months and during which Mr. Jewett covered the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Almost every large com mercial centre in the country was visit ed and carefully studied. Mr. Jewett personally interviewed the best known and most reputable bankers. He talked with big business executives, with prominent politicians and everywhere he secured complete reports of local conditions from Paige agents. Hun dreds of Paigo owners in various sec tions of the country were also quizzed to ascertain the opinion of the aver age citizen on the present situation and prospects for the future. Upon his recent return to the fac tory, Mr. Jewett gave a strong talk in which no summed up the results of his investigating trip and put especial ly vigorous emphasis on his belief that the business of the country in general was sure to undergo a marked increase and that the automobile industry in particular will find 1915 a year of ac tivity and prosperity as has been un known in the past.—Adv. * Court House Janitor Takes Own I>ife Kane, Pa., April 2 4. —Charles Hunt er, for many years janitor of the Court House at Tionesta, .killed himself on Thursday night with a shotgun. Hunt er fastened the gun to the stump of a fallen tree, then, affixing a string to the trigger, he sat facing the muzzle of the gun an