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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
SMALLER TRUCKS
SHOW BIGSALES
Statistics Show That More
Than Half Sold Are Less
Than One-Half Ton

That the modern tendency among
motor truck users is towards smaller
units is indicated by the truck sales
for the third quarter of 1919 as
CON- piled by the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce.. OF the A.
600 trucks made and sold by mem
bers of the chamber-which includes
all the bis makers except Ford-over
20 600 were vated at Y tons O.
smaller. Less than half that number
were two ton or over.
There were ahore of the y ton
made and sold than any other. This
type took the lead in the race Tor
popularity with 9,75S vehicles placed
in the hands of owners during the
three months. OF this number A.
425 were REQ speed wagons. which
means that REQ sold almost as many
as all the other makers of this class
combined.
"Speed certainly meets present
day needs" says f. II. Akers, sales
manager of the REQ Motor Car Co.,
in commenting on the predominance
of light trucks in general and speed
wagons in particular. when H. 7.
1noHlaS, CnleI engineer Oh inns COIH-
pany, first designed the speed wagon
more than five years ago, with its
hight speed, pneumatic tires and
electric lights and starter, the truck
users were most skeptical. They
favored slower, heavier trucks.
But now it seems impossible to
make anywhere nearly enough light
trucks to meet the demand. We
have placed over $4,000 of this single
model in the hands of owners and
many other makers have swung into
this field.
"Since the third quarter of the
year, when REQ produced As per cent
of the trucks in the y ton class, we
have greatly Increased our truck
production. Yet with this produc-
ton and winter upon us we are
still far behind the demand"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
SWAIN-HICKMAN.
COMPANY MOVES
Republic Truck Distributors
Goes to Larger
Quarters

The Swain-Hickman Company.
distributors of Republic Trucks, will
move into their new quarters Mon
day morning, December 1. These
new quarters are at the corner of
Seventeenth and Derry streets in the
building formerly occupied by Chas-
ter Taylor & Co. They have secured
the entire building. which allows
them about $4,000 square feet OF
floor space. The offices. parts de-
partment, repair shops and storage
rooms of the company will all be
located here so that the entire busi-
ness will be under one roof.
After securing the agency here,
they maintained temporary Offices
and repair shops at 1893 Mulberry
street. but the space there was too
limited and the business growing TO
such an extent that the new quar-
ters We're necessary. They are fac
tory distributors and Will maintain
a first class service for all models OF
Republic Trucks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
NEW PEERLESS
SEDAN HERE
Keystone Motor Car Company
Receives Shipment
This Week ga

The new 1920 Peerless Eight Sc
dan is here. The local distributors,
the Keystone Motor Car Company,
received a shipment this week, and
from all reports the new model lives
up to all expectations. There have
been but one or two minor changes
in the lines of the body, but other
wise it is the same as previous
models. The many appointments in
the interior are in keeping with the
demand for comfort and easy riding
qualities Every convenience has
been added that the most discrimi-
mating buyer could wish.
The motor of this new model is
the same as previous cars, the fea-
ture being the two-power range for
which the Peerless Is famed. This
two-power range allows the car to
glide along at slow speed with
very little consumption of gasoline
or to jump instantly into u fast pace
attaining a speed otherwise impos-
sible. This is done without any ad-
justment whatever, everything being
automatic.
Deliveries of this new model will
be made as fast as the cars can be
secured. The Keystone Motor Car
Company are large distributors and
are able to secure cars in any num-
ber desired.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
TIRE MILEAGE
HIGH IN WINTER
Cold Weather Better For Tires
Than Summer Days, Re-
gardless of Snow

Automobile tires wear better and
last longer in the cold winter months
than they do in the warm days of
summer. In this one particular, at
least. the cost of keeping up a car
Is less in winter than in summer.
Fleets of test cars operated by the
United States Tire Company have
demonstrated that the lower tenn
Nperatures have a beneficial effect on
tires. In spite of bad snow and Ice
conditions carefully kept records
show that tires give much greater
mileages in winter than in summer.
Heat Is one fthe worst enemies a
tire is called on to face. especially
frictional heat. The cold air lessons
this heat and makes it possible for
n tire to last longer in spite of the
extra pounding 1t gets when snow
and ice are on the ground.
This rule applies of course, where
the tire Is confronted only with the
ordinary bad road conditions grow
ing out of snow and ice and frozen
highways. But where the motorst
must drive his car over rough roads
deeply cut into ruts winter presents
decidedly different problem and
only the most careful driving will
make it possible for him to get a
full return on his tire investment.
To those owners whose cars must
travel over rutty roads the United
States Tire Company suggests that
tires can be saved best by keeping
out of the ruts where possible, by
driving slowly and carefully, and by
keeping the tires inflated to standard
pressure.
An especial effort should be made
by the driver to keep out of ruts
which come above the rim of the
tire. Where progress cannot be
made except through deep ruts, do
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
NEW WESTCOTT
AGENCY HERE
Packer Brothers Opens Serv-
ice Station at Wards
Garage

The Westcott motor car. designed
and built by leading automobile men
of the country, has come to Harris
burg. The agency has beer secured
by the Packer Brothers, well known
druggists Of Eighteenth and Regina
streets and a service station has been
established at Wards Garage at
Eighteenth and Chestnut streets.
While a new car to Harrisburg, the
Westcott has built reputation in
the larger cities.
The Westcott has every appear
ance and feeling" of being an ex-
elusive car in every sense of the
word. 1t is designed in several
models, but each has ample room to
hold the number of passengers for
which the car was built. This is
due to the fact that there is no un-
necessary weight or length to the
car, both of these points being
handled in a manner showing close
study to every day requirements.
The mechanical features of the
car are as unusual as the outward
appearance. A Continental six
cylinder motor develops enough
power to carry the loaded car over
practically any hill that may be en-
countered on high gear. The start
ing system is Delco, the storage Fat
terry willard, Borg and Beck clutch,
Timken bearings, and a Rayfieid
carburetor takes care of the gas.
The Packard Brothers have al
ready received some Westcotts and
are being kept busy demonstrating
their hill-climbing abilities and
other good features. Very good de-
liveries have been promised by the
factory for this territory and before
long Westcott will undoubtly be-
come as popular in Harrisburg as it
now is in New York. Chicago, De-
troit, and Washington and other
motor centers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
Quaker Tire Records
Show Large Mileage

Joseph Alexander, of the firm of
Alexander & Scott, representative of
the Quaker City Rubber Company in
this city, handling their famous
Miles Cheaper" tires, known as
Quaker Tires, reports many unusual
cases where car owners using these
tires have secured mileage way be-
yond expectation.
Mr.. Alexander, who knows how
Quaker Tires are manufactured,
said that this is not at all surprising
to him after he learned how these
tires were manufactured. 'They
are built to give mileage" he said,
and with only ordinary care, there
is hardly user of Quaker Tires who
will not secure maximum mileage.
The way these tires are built and
the way they are inspected before
being permitted to go into the trade
stamps this tire as one of the most
remarkable in the country. So far
as l have been able to ascertain,
Notwithstanding the liberal guaran-
tee of the manufacturers, to prove
that the mileage is in every Quaker
Tire, it is for every user to make a
careful record when he first started
using them and permit his speed
ometer to prove how far they will
CO."
The success of Quaker Tires is not
local by any means. They made
their reputation for mileage in every
part of the United States over every
kind of road and in all kinds Of
weathers. Users frequently report
ed unusual mileages attained. In
almost every case these same users
reported they had the least trouble
from this make of tire than they
expected.
Mr.. Alexander is maintaining at
all times a most complete stock, not
only of castings, but of Quaker Multi
Tubes and is in position to give
prompt service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
100000 Miles Plus

How one man sticks to his first
love in motor cars despite every
thing designers have done to i'm
prove later models is the story of
DR.. F. r. McGrew, of Carnegie,
Pa. DIR. McGrew bought
Franklin runabout in 1910. He
has run it for more than 100000
miles and has so much confidence
in its ability to stand up for a
long time that he has practically
decided to buy a new body for
the remaining mileage. He is ad-
vertising for an enclosed type of
body to substitute for the open
type he now drives. The car still
runs like a top.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29

Japan now has 5000 motor cars.
Gasoline sold for cents a gallon
in 1908.
Licensed chauffeurs in Michigan
total 1925.
The first six-cylinder car was pro-
duced in England.
There were only four automobiles
in the United States in 1896.
Pennsylvania has 2419 farm trac-
tors in operation throughout the
State.
Eighty-five per cent of all the
automobiles in the world are in the
United States.
Greece is to spend 100000 in
buying road building machinery of
the most modern type.
In the past twenty years, 7,700,-
900 automo biles have been produced
in the United States.
There are more motor cars on
the streets of Calcutta, India, than
any other kind of vehicle.
The average for the 6,146,000
automobiles in use in the United
States is valued at $1,000 each.
There were 1926 passenger cars
of ia different makes registered in
the Philippine Island IN 1918.
According to tax returns from
Cleveland, Ohio, the motor indus
try leads all others in that city.
Since 1917 the census of automo-
biles in the Southern states has in
creased more than 100 per cent.
The present demand for automo-
greater than that prevailing IN 1914
Before this year closes it is ex-
pected that 100000 motor We
hicles will be in operation in this
country.
1t requires 2S,0O0,OO0 tires to
equip the passenger automobiles and
motor trucks used in the United
States.
While there are 25O,O0O miles of
railway in the United States, the
motor car has the use of 2,500,000
miles of highway.
An English syndicate has pur-
chased all of the 10000 reserve
motor vehicles from the American
Third Army at Coblenz, Germany.
Automobile manufacturers in the
United States shipped in one month
62S3 passenger cars and 1850 trucks
to foreign countries.
Queens University, in Toronto,
Canada, intends establishing a
course in road-making in connection
with its practical science depart
ment.
The first sale of condemned Gov
ernment motor vehicles was held at
Camp Holibird, Md. The material
disposed of brought total of $12,-
OPT.
Much interest is being shown in
China in motorcycles, due to the fact
that they can travel on the narrow
paths used by foot passengers and
for wheelbarrows.
American motorists will have
spent over $1,000,000,000 for auto
mobile and truck tires during 1919.
This amount does not include money
expended for inner tubes and repair
materials.
Approximately sS,00O,000 is now
available for highway constructors
in Nevada up to the end of 1921
through such sources as state reve-
nue., state and county bond issues,
Federal aid, etc.
The National motor vehicle law
is now in effect and it is Federal
offense punishable by a fine of
$4,000 or a prison term up to five
years to steal an automobile in one
state and drive it into another.
Senator Pitman, of Nevada. has
introduced a bill under which an
automobile, which has been licensed
to pay license in any other state,
no matter how long the length of
ay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
New Willard Service "a
Station in Carlisle

c. J. Crossett and s. Wilbur Shet-
ron, former army service men, sta
toned at New Cumberland have
opened a Willard service station at
Carlisle. This new establishment is
completely equipped with every mod
ern and up-to-date appliance for re-
charging and repairing batteries.
They will give service on all makes
of batteries and will make q socially
of the sale of willard. Boil. the
men interested in the new venture
are we'll acquainted in Harrisburg.
They will be located at 6-S Market
street. one block from the Square in
Carlisle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
CAR OWNER MUST
HAVE A LICENSE
TO OPERATE CAR
New Law in Effect For Com
ing Year; Many Ques-
tons to Answer

Under the new automobile law.
which will govern the issuance of
licenses for motor vehicles for next
year, owners of motor cars must not
only register the vehicle, but in ad-
dition must have license to operate
a motor vehicle. Such license,
however, is issued to them free of
charge and the application for this
license will be found on the back
of the application for the registra-
ton of the motor vehicle.
The applicant for a license must
be over sixteen years of age and
not mentally or physically incapaci-
tated and shall have had more than
five days experience in the operation
of motor vehicle.
In order that owners of automo-
biles may have advance knowledge
of the information which will be re-
quired of them before q registration
certificate is issued. the State High
way Department through it's auto
mobile division has assembled a list
of questions which the applicant will
answer. This list is as follows 20
Pleasure Motor Vehicles
Type of body, name of vehicle, d.
ameter of bore, number of cylinders,
horsepower, manufacturers num-
ber, model, year built, engine num-
ber, name of engine.
Commercial vehicles with chassis
weight of 1000 pounds or more, in
formation same as above except,
give weight of chassis as certified to
by manufacturer; specify width OF
vehicle, also length; specify width
of front tire and rear tire. Tread
single or double? Specify width of
each tire of double tread. Was We
hicle purchased as second hand
after July /, 1919? Have you filed
affidavit of purchase on Form-159
with State Highway Department?
If affidavit has not been filed it must
accompany application for license.
Vehicles purchased before July l,
1919, need not file affidavit Form
N-159
Information about Lights
Specify candle power of head
lights, spot lights and other lights.
Name and description of DETECTING
or diffusing devices. Head lights
name manufacturer and description.
Name and description of spot lights
and other lights.
If you have ever been summoned
before any officer of the law for vio-
lation of the act regulating the use
and operation of motor vehicles,
give the following information:
Date appeared, city. borough,
township, county, State, offense, ver-
dict, penalty.
The State of Ohio has more motor !
trucks than any other state in the
Union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29

The State of Ohio has more motor.
trucks than any other state in the
Union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
- AUTOMOBILE };eIass Sl ,ls ,55l'Ss SECTION So
MOTOR TRUCK ADS
SHOW NEW TREND
Garford Ad. Costs ST 1000 Per
Word; Sets Record For
Advertisement

That the development of motor
truck advertising has been no less
marked than the development of the
motor truck industry is evidenced
in the latest advertisements of the
Garford Motor Truck Company. of
Lima, Ohio.
Garford has just begun a series
of advertisements in national publi-
cations and local newspapers which
illustrate the present trend toward
short, business-tempered copy" in
direct contrast to the "long-winded'
phraseology which was in vogue
generally for many years.
This series is unique for its un-
usual brevity. Acting upon the be-
lief that the reading public is fully
acquainted with the dependabtlity
of motor trucks in general and their
own product in particular they have
confined the copy for the entire
series to messages of 20 words or,
less.
The first of the series contained
but five words, exclusive of the COM
pany's signature and address, and as
the page upon which this advertise
ment appears in a national publica-
to note that at this rate, each word
cost $1,000. The text of the adver-
tisement consisted of the Garford
slogan: For Low Cost Ton Mile"
Pages of space in the national and
local publications are being utilized
to convey this slogan to the public.
The entire purpose of this adver-
tisement and its unique message is
to give prospective buyers a short,
tangible phrase by which it may rate
the performance of motor truck.
No words could sum up more ac-
curately and definitively the ulti-
mate result a purchaser has the
right to expect from his truck. 1t
defines the final analysis by which
the merits of truck may be judged.
Entering into this are quality of
materials, high standards of manu-
facture, low cost of maintenance, the
amount of tonnage, the total mile
age and the return on the buyers
investment.
1t was Garford's ability to meet
these various requirements that
prompted the adoption of this
phrase as a slogan.
At the recent salon in the First
International Exhibition held since
1913 IN Paris there were on exhibit
ton the leading cars manufactured
in France, England. Italy, Belgium,
Spain and Switzerland, while the
United States was represented by
about a dozen different makes.
In a New York official invest:ga-
tion it was shown that the motorists
were losing about 2 per cent through
incorrect gasoline measuring pumps.
AS, the consumption there is=about
50,000,O00 gallons a year, the loss
is 100000 a year, or S250,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
U. S. Silver Reserve
May Break High Price

New York, Nov. 29.- The Guar
anty Trust Company of New York
issues statement pointing out that
the reserve of silver dollars held by
the United States government may
serve to break the price and pre-
vent the recurrence in this country
of the situation which has arisen in
France, where silver coins have al
most disappeared from circulation,
their place being taken by stamps
and other evidence of value.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets Adv
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29

Use McNeirs Cold Tablets. = Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
1O4-Year-O Old Boy
Who Owns Briscoe,
Is Ardent Motor Fan

In the opinion of Daniel McClane,
104-year-old youth" of BurlinSame,
California, the automobile has been
of more benefit to man than any
other single agency McClane at
tributes his longevity to the fact that
he has always kept out in the open
air. Leaving Scotland in his early
youth, he sailed the seven seas for
more than twenty years in a wind
jammer, visiting every quarter of
the globe. The almost perfect cli-
mate of the peninsula induced
McClane to make California his per-
manent home. The air is so mild
that it is possible for him to stay
out in the open air all the year
round. During a part of the year
McClane still works in his gold mine
in Lassen county. For the rest OF
the year he takes his ease in Bur-
lingame, and relies on his Briscoe
to keep him out in the fresh air.
McClane typifies progress; he
keeps abreast of the times When
past 86 years of age, he married a
comparatively young woman, and
was the father of eleven children.
His one hundredth birthday was the
occasion of plunge in the cold wa
ters of San Francisco bay. He cele-
brated his one hundred and fourth
birthday by learning to drive an au-
tomobile. A Briscoe touring car was
used for the occasion because of Its
ease OF handling and McClane ex-
perienced no difficulty in mastering
the engineering principles involved.
Although an enthusiastic, motorist,
McClane had never attempted to
drive car himself He Is enthusi-
astic over the performance of the
car and says that it is the most COM
Portable light car he has ever ridden
in.
The airplane was mentioned to
him as a possible means of trans
porting him back to Scotland for a
visit. McClane admits that while
the automobile fills his present-day
needs, he is anxious to keep abreast
of the times and says that within the
next thirty or forty years he will be
able to make the trip to Scotland by
air. In his dry way. he stated that
it is about eighty years since he last
visited his native home.
Brazil imported $S,O0O,000 worth
of automobile and motor parts from
Nn United States during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1918. This Is
an increase of 35 per cent. over the
value of the 1918 shipments.
Excise taxes paid by manufactur-
ers on the sale OF cars and motor
cycles for the fiscal year ended June
80 totaled $17,s15,510.s1. CONNER
cial car taxes on tires, parts and
accessories amounted to S4,s0s.. |
276.1S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29

not let the tire grind along the sides
of the ruts, because the sidewalks of
the strongest tires feel quickly the
effects of such treatment. An ex-
animation of the alignment of the
front wheels should be made once
week, because wheels are likely to
be thrown out of true by the jogging
they get. and bad alignment means
tire injury.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-04-23

sister, Mrs. Eldred Trumbo and Mr..
Trumbo of Irvington.
Mrs. Mary Rhodes of Whitesville,
has returned home after a visit with
relatives.
Mrs. Homer Combest returned to
Danville, Friday after visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Whit
worth. She was accompanied to
Louisville by her mother, Mrs. Jesse
Whitworth.
Mrs. Dugeon Of Mt. Pulaski, ILL.,,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. William
Cannon and Mr.. Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown Of Lodi
burg are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Dan Haynes and Mr.. Haynes
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bowlds we're
the weekend guests of relatives in
Owensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Robertson spent
Sunday in Glen Dean the guests of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Rob-
ertson.
Mrs. r. R. Compton is visiting her
brother, DR.. A. w. Kincheloe and
Mrs. Kincheloe in Stanley.
Bernard O'Rielly and Leo Sheeran
were in Louisville, Thursday and Fri
day.
Mr.. Andrew Elder of Lakeland, is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Frank Jolly and son, Robert
L. were the guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Haynes of Union
Star Sunday and Monday.
r. R. Compton, Miller DeHaven,
Cleve Hendrick and Joe McCrumes
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-04-23
HARDINSBURG

Rev. w. H. Sinks and family after
a weeks visit in Enghwood, O., have
returned home.
Mrs. o. F. Galloway and baby OF
Cloverport, are visiting her mother,
Mrs. w. F. Hook.
Miss Clara Brown a trained nurse
of Owensboro has returned home af-
ter several weeks stay with Mrs.
Anna O'Reilly who is improving.
Mrs. w. c. Moorman returned
home from Louisville, Wednesday.
Mrs. William Simmons and child
rem of Irvington and Miss Bess Wat
lington of New Albany, Ind, were the
weekend guests of their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. N. H. Warrington.
Miss Regina Hoben was in Louis
vile, Thursday shopping.
Henry Chambliss of Washington,
D. c., is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Mary Chambliss.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Robertson of
Louisville, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. NJ. D. Beard and Mr.. Beard.
]. T. Hoben returned Friday from
Detroit, Mich, after visit with his
son, William Hoben and Mrs. Hoben.
Miss Bessie Thrasher is visiting her