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tt Gasoline-feed under all conditions, no matter what the grade §
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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.
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T GEARED TO THE ROAD
ires
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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
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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<f pulled the trigger. Hunt
er's mother'died recently and the shock
of her death is thought to have unbal
anced his mind. He was 56 years old.
Thought Astor Was Crazy
People said John Jacob Astor was
crazy because he paid SI,OOO an acre
when he bought the estate of Aaron
Burr about a hundred years ago. It
wap a farm of 120 acres, located about
where Twenty-first street is now in
Manhattan. In ten years he com
menced to sell lots at $5,000 an acre,
but he did not sell much at that price.
Wh«t it is worth to-day is hard to
compute in millions.
This is the most Important Advertisement I Ever Caused
to be Published.—Read Every Word—and then Marvell
On a personal visit to Mr. Henry Ford I broached
the subject of a possible August Ist Rebate.
'J 1 ?® ford Company announced last year—as you well remember—that
if their total sales reached 300,000 ears between August 1 1914 and
£r!fu" tiJWo.oTt'o ieo'So."" dur, "*' that "" lud w °" ld receive back
Mr. J'ord, I suggested, "Is there anything T can say to
our people with regard to the Ford Motor Company's 300,000
ear rebate plan?"
"We shall sell the 300,000," was the quiet reply—"and in
11 months, a full month ahead of August 1st!"
"Then a refund is practically assured?"
"Yes—barring the totally unexpected. We are 50,000 to
75,000 cars behind orders to-day. Factory and branches are
sending out 1,800 daily."
1 then said to Mr. Pord : "If I could make a definite refund
statement we would increase our local sales 500 cars."
You may say, was Mr. Ford's deliberate and significant
reply to this—"You may say that we shall pay back to each
purchaser of a Ford car between August 1, 1914, and August
1, 1915, barring the unforeseen, the sum of SSO. You may
say that I authorized you to make this statement!"
What can I add to the above! $15,000,000 cash coming hack to Ford
owners! And to prospective Ford owners up to August I 1915 it
actually means—Ford Touring Cars for si»o—less 'the SSO rebate!
Ford Runabouts for s44o—less the SSO rebate! What is there left
for me to say?
MOTORCYCLE WEEK
Will Be Generally Observed All Over
the United States
May 16 to 22 has been officially
designated as Motorcycle Week all
over the United States. This is not
only to be a week when every dealer
will endeavor to establish a record for
the sale of motorcycles, but will mean
also a week when every phase of mo
torcycle life will be emphasized. The
various commercial uses of the two
wheeler will be demonstrated; the
pleasures to be derived from the motor
cycle; the numerous, advantages of be
longing to a motorcycle club, and the
value of fiffiliatioh with the Federa
tion of American Motorcyclists, will all
be brought to tho attention of the
public. It is planned that during this
National Motorcycle Week, one day
shall be set aside for each phase of
motorcycle activities and 011 that day
one particular feature of the two
wheeler will be demonstrated all over
the country, from coast to coast and
from gulf to lakes. For instance, Sun
day, May 16, is to be known as Club
Day, when the members of every
motorcycle club are expected to get to
gether for some sort of celebration.
And each club is to make it a point
to sec that all non-club riders are in
vited to participate, and thereby in
terest them in the activities of tho
organization. Then ou Monday comes
Demonstration Day; Tuesday will be
Commercial Day, Wednesday Carnival
Day, Thursday Indies' Day, Friday Bi
cycle Day and Saturday "The King
of Sporte" Day.
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AMERICA'S GREATEST LIGHT SIX
A Light Six That's Different
Two Models Three Body Styles
Model 30—Five-passenger Touring Car $1485 «
Model 30—'-The prettiest Roadster in America $1485
Model 33—Kokomo Six, a light seven-passenger Touring Car $1550
Bell Phone 724. Arrange for demonstration now.
ROBERTS & HOIN, Distributors
Salesroom—CENTßAL GARAGE,, 834 CHESTNUT ST., HABEISBUBO
[ \ E\\ GASOLENE SYSTEM OUT
Device Supplies Even Flow to Car
buretor of Automobiles
The Stewart-Warren speedometer
1 corporation, of Chicago, with Stewart-
I Warner service stations in New York,
■ Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Detroit,
i Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Cleveland, In
| dianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Louis,
[ Kansas City, Atlanta, Dos Angeles and
San Francisco, are announcing through
1 their various stations the Stewart
j vacuum gasoline system which supplies
i an even flow of 'gasoline to the car
j iburetor of automobiles.
It overcome all the troubles of the
| pressure feed systems and can bo put
on any car. The Front and Market
i Motor Supply Company, of Harrisburg,
| are the local representatives of this
service and are at present making spe
cial inducements to all auto owners
for this system.—Adv*
AUTO FIKM ISSUES MAGAZINE
The Chalmers' Clubman Name Given
New Monthly Publication
"The Chalmers' Clubman," a
monthly magazine of motoring publish
ed by the Chalmers Motor Car Com
pany, of Detroit, Mich., began its is
sue of Vol. 1, No. 1, for May, 1915.
j Their club rooms are all oi't-of-doors
j and their dormitories include every
\ inn on the open road. Its mission is to
interpret the significance and mean-
I ing of Chalmers service. In appearance
it conforms in illustration and typo
| graphy to the beauty of their motor
| car. '