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Ij There are one thousand reasons why I
m you should select a Reo gj
jK from among all the cars offered you. ||
|j We could enumerate |g
|| at least a thousand points in which Kg
Si Reo is superior. pi
M because it is an honest car. g
|| because it is backed by an honest guarantee. ||
p The other nine hundred and ninty-nine ||
M don't matter—just excess values you receive 1|
when you buy a Reo. IS
% Nor does it matter whether your preference IS
1 is for a Four or a Six; . ||
;r you can have either type ||
£ and still get Reo quality. ||
i Reo The Fifth —$1050 — If
J "The Incomparable Four" is
I the most popular Four in the world— |l
H if relative demand and supply
is any indication of popularity. ||
r f And the New Reo Six M
v-j has taken the motoring world by storm. m
■ Wherever Automobiles are discussed m
y you'll hear owners extolling ik
p the virtues—the sweetness, I
|| the silence, the riding qualities,
u the power and the beauty—of this latest Reo. jjj
m Only concern you need have ||
II in selecting a Reo of either model 11
|J is—when can you get it ? SI
|| and that will depend entirely on ||
H when we get your order. m
|| Better not delay another minute. v ||
P Today is the day to order if you want your Reo soon. |!
IWe will tell you the precise day f|
you may expect it—but don't wait longer. |i
Demand is tremendous for both Reos. If
i HARRISBURG AUTO CO., I
5 Third and Hamilton Streets 5
OP INTEREST TO MOTORISTS
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HARRIS BURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1915.
AUTO TRUCKS LARGE HELP
TO DAIRYMAN OVER ROUTE
Michigan Farmer Uses Reo In Carry
ing 6,30() Pounds Over 90 Miles
Each Day—Local Firm Gets Oar
Load
Ira Wilson, dairyman, of Bedford,
Mich., savs it would be impossible to
do with horses what he does with mo
tor trucks. Not only would it be im
possible for the horses to cover the
ground the motor trucks do, but the
slow pace of the horses would render
the entire proposition out of the ques
tion.
Mr. Wilson carries milk, not only
from his own, but from surrounding
dairy farms, on contract with the De
troit Creamery Company on a basis of
so much per hundred pounds per mile.
His present equipment is two Reo
two-ton trucks—and he has an order
in for a third. Bach of these trucks
covers ninety miles every day and car
ries, instead of its rated two-ton load,
from three to three and one-half tons
of milk.
Any practical dairyman will under
stand when he is told that the load
consists of sixty to sixty-three ten gal
lon cans of milk. To the uninformed,
it will be necessary to explain that ten
gallons of milk weighty eighty pounds
and that the cans themselves weigh
twenty-three to twenty-seven pounds
each. It's a simple problem in multi
plication to prove that the minimum
load is 6,300 pounds and the maximum
6,8'1'5 pounds—and that is about three
and one-quarter tons'without counting
the driver.
Of course the truck does not go
fully loaded both ways—hut it does
carry that load over fortynfive miles
of Michigan roads every d'ay, four
miles of which are virgin sand—and
the-entire route is ninety miles.
The truck starts out in the morning
from Bedford, goes to Detroit; from
there it goes to Cherry Hill where it
picks up the second load and back
into Detroit; thence home to Bedford
again ready to repeat the performance
the next day.
"We have never missed a trip sum
mer or winter," says Mr. Wilson,
"and these Beo trucks have been in
service for two years.''
Asked if he was making money on
the contract, Mr. Wilson laughed and
pointed to a huge pile of vitrified hol
low tile heaped up in the barnyard.
"You see I am goinig to build two
more of the finest silos that can be
had and by the way, my new Beo
Six touring car just arrived from the
factory last night." It looks as if Mr.
Wilson had made no mistake by chang
ing from the old, slow horse equip
ment to motor trucks.
" Until we introduced trucks for de
livering milk, it was impossible to mar
ket half of the produce from this sec
tion, said Mr. Wilson. " There is
only one train a day and to send it by
horses was impossible—it weuld spoil
before it got there. Beo trucks have
more than doubled the earning capacity
of the farmers hereabouts."
The Harrisburg Auto Company, lo
cal "Beo" distributors, are delighted
with the business results this year and
feel proud of having exercised the wis
dom of purchasing a whole train load
of Reo cars in March which were de
livered to them in April and now are
almost all sold. The Reo factory J s
working night and day to fill orders
and the people of Lansing, Mich., were
never so busily engaged as they are at
present.—Adv.*
MEMORFALIYEVENTS
Scores of motorcycle clubs will take
advantage of the two holidays which
come on May 30 and 31 to stage pleas
ure or endurance runs. Following are
some of the clubs which are planning
Memorial Day events:
Keystone Motorclycle Club, of Har
risburg, Pa., sociability run to Balti
more, <Md., and return.
Indianapolis Motorcycle Club, three
day sociability run. to Wyandotte Cave.
Niagara Falls Motorcycle Club, two
day endurance run.
, Los Angeles Motorcycle Club, annual
endurance run.
Bockford, 111., Motorcycle , Club,
three-day good fellowship tour.
Maryland Motorcycle Club, Balti
more, annual spring tour.
Schenectady Motorcycle Club, two
day endurance run to Sabin Rock, Conn.
New Jersoy Motorcycle Club, annual
two-day endurance run.
Blair County Motorcycle Club, Al
toona, Pa., endurance run to Harrisburg
and return.
Motorcycle Belay Race
A transcontinental dispatch race by
relays of motorcycles over the Lincoln
Highway is being planned for July.
President Wilson will be asked to start
the relay from the army post at Gov
ernor's Island; it will end at the Presid
io, San Francisco. The aid of the War
Department is expected.
Motorcycles and
Bicycles
* . Bicycles, $31.50 and
Motorcycles, $123.00
AN VV/I AND up.
hi j Jk\ New and Modern
Bold on small weekly
payments.
i) 'nJSI Bicycle Tires from
it /ll\V $1.50 up.
V rxfl' We repair all makes
yjm| t of Motorcycles and
v y: \ Bicycles at reason
able prices.
\JJ GIVE US A TRIAL
EXCELSIOR CYCLE CO.
10 SOUTH MARKET SQUARE,
HARRISBURG, PA.
Bell Phone 089-W Open Evenings
Agents for Excelsior Auto Cycle—
holder of all world's records.
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The.Glenwood Four at 51075 18 a new P nce for R superior car
~ of its quality ami beauty.
The Six 46 at $1305 ns SP * B new B^anf ' °' value—for a superior
car of its quality, beauty and power.
GEOBGE R. BENTLEY, Proprietor Rear of 1417 N. Front Street
RIVERSIDE AUTO CO 0 Bell Phone 37:11 R
REFORMATORY INMATES
TO BUILD MODERN ROADWAY
Boys In Connecticut Institution to Be
Paid Fifty Cents a Day From State
—Lads Not to Wear Striped Uni-
Hartford, May B.—The 'boys from
tihe Connecticut reformatory are to build
a modern roadway from the reforma
tory to 'Milldale and possibly on to t'he
macadam in Cheshire and to be ]>aid
fifty cents a day each for their labor.
E. Kent 'Hiubbard, a member of the
'board of directors, wiio is working in
close co-opeiation with t'he National
Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor,
states that the fifty boys to be em
ployed in this work will be selected by
Superintendent Garvin and th-e -u-utual
Welfare League. The league is the or
ganization of the inmates which Mr.
'Hulbbard and Superintendent Garvin
are fostering, as is Thomas Mott Oa
borne, the prisonersleagues in Sing
Sing and Auburn prisons, New York.
The' Highway Department is to retain
full responsibility for the construction
work, providing all materials and tools.
It will also pay to the superintendent
the wages for the men, which they may
send to their families or hold until
parolled.
The 'boys wi'llynot wear stripes or dis
tinctive uniforms while at their work,
and will probably be taken to it in trol
ley cars, 'having their dinner sent to
them. The directors do not fear at
tempts to escape, as the gTowth of the
league has developed a spirit of self
respect and good conduct among the
men, and those who will be told off for
the work will put backbone into it and
do their fart towards making it a suc
cess.
This road work is a long step for
ward for Connecticut, as its State pris
oners and most of the inmates of its
county jails are still employed under
the contract system. The National Com
mittee on Prisons and Prison Ijabor has
carried on such a vigorous campaign
against this system thait success in oth
er la'bor systems will be welcomed by
the citizens of the State.
EXPENSE OFKEEPINGA CAR
George R. Bentley Gives Some Timely
Advice to the Prospective
Automobile Buyer
"When you talk about the upkeep
and general expense of a motor car,"
said George R. Bentley, proprietor of
the Riverside Auto Co. and local dealer
in Paige automobiles, "the prospective
automobile purchaser in buying his car
should not only be careful and consider
the gasoline and oil expense that he
will incur on his new model, but he
should also look into the cost of repair
expense. This can be easily determined
by an investigation of the present own
ers of the model the purchaser has in
mind. An owner is always very glad
to talk about his car and toll a future
prospective owner the exact satisfaction
he is getting from his present model.
Ore visit the garage- man, ask him .vhat
so and so car costs to maintain a year,
and how often it is in the shop for re
pairs. Get the dealer's advice on this
subject—tell him to show you figures
that he has probably compiled from
statistics furnished him by owners.
I "To my mind, this expense of opera
tion is the most important subject'that
an automobile owner has to consider in
buying a car. It cannot be investigat
ed too carefully." Adv.*
Workman's Skull Crushed
May B.—An overhead
crane at the Eastern Steel Company's
plant fell yesterday, crushing the skull
of Charles Wineland. He is now at the
Pottsville hospital, with no chance of
recovery. Wineland has four children.
NEW ENGLAND TO GET MANY
AUTO TOURISTS THIS YEAR
Board of Directors of American Auto
mobile Association to Take Initial
Step May 18 by Traveling Route
of Paul Revere
Washington, D. C., May B.—New
England is confidently looking forward
to an increased r umber of road visitors,
despite the fact that this year the call
of the Pacific coast is being leally rec
ognized for the first time.
With nearly two million car owners
now traveling the highways, it is safe
to say that many thousands at one time
or another during the year yield to the
wanderlust which is latent in every
motorist.
In entertaining the annual meeting
of the board of directors of the Amer
ican Automobile Association, May 17
and 18, Boston will signalize what
might bo considered an official opening
of the road season in New England.
President John A. Wilson has made
clear to the directors that they are at
liberty to bring with them as many
members as possible to participate in
the meeting and alio in the entertain
ment which will bo interspersed.
Former president of the A. A. A. and
the present head of the Massachusetts
State association, Lewis R. Spcare, has
arranged for a local committee, of
which Chester I. Campbell is the ener
getic chairman. This committee will
take in hand the historic ride over tho
route once followed by Paul Revere,
which will take place on the morning
of the second day, witli moving picture
accompaniment, in order that the event
may be reproduced in th<; A. A. A. clubs'
throughout the country.
The Massachusetts Automobile Club
not ouly has offered to take care of the
cars of members who tour to Boston,
but this pioneer organization will also
provide cars for those who are unable
to make the trip over the road.
Monday will be devoted to the busi
ness affairs of.the association, with the
annual banquet in the evening, Tuesday
being given over entirely to the enter
tainment. Boston and its vicinity are
replete with historical reminders, be
sides which its attractive suburbs and
many seaside resorts offer innumerable
attractions for motorists.
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