Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1921, Page 66

. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 30, 1921_PART 3. MOTOR TRUCKS SHOW TOTAKETOFLORDA| FOR AUTO TRES =2z = The motor car has vastly widened the farnier's neighborhood. 1t has con- tributed more than anything else in the past half century to the farmer’s standards of lliving and to the at- gractiveness and pleasure of farm e. “The most prosperous states agri- culturally are the greatest buyers and | geryice in the ceremonies attending users of motor cars. And the motor T8 s eontributed inestimably to | the burial of the unknown American lhilr prosperity.” soldier. COMING- HERE NOVEMBER 10. Orders have been given for Train- ing Battery No. 3 at Camp Meade, Md., and for two companies of en- gineers at Camp Humphreys, Va., to come to this city November 10 for Has Anybody Ever Given You Something for Nothing? Here’s Your Chance to Buy a Real Good .~ . Automobile at a Bargain Price " On account of enlarging our Service Depart- ment we are compelled to make room, and:the the George W. Davis Motor Car George W. Davis. Company. “The importance of the motor car “In Iowa, for example, which ex- ceeds all other states in the annual to the farmer is pointedly shown by the fact that the motor car registra- value of its farm praducts, there are tion is highest in the states where more motor cars owned by farmers than in any other state. Many farmers to Well Known the annual crop production is highest. The most productive farms have the operate more than one motor car. most motor cars. The motor car has “The motor car brings the farmer Cotton fabric is the foundation upon |today become an instrument of bu in closer touch with his market, and with his sources of supply for im- plements, household supplies and all manufactured articles. It saves time. And a saving of time between the farm ané Its mark.t is an economy of inestimable advantage. «Besides the valuable contribution e motor car to the business of there are its recreational Official Designates Good Routes for Autoists From Various Points. - TAVARES, Fla, October 29.—"For Gives ‘Stability and Strength L3 important of 2 farming, " dvantages. social and following cars -MUST BE SOLD NOW Buick Touring Chandler Roadster Dodge Touring Cole Roadster Lexington Ford Sedans a;ul Tourings Touring Oldsmobile Touring Stutz Readster Peerless Touring Showroom Open Until 3 0’Clock S.undny Hummer Motor Sales Co. 1020 Conn. Ave. N.W. elghteen years” sald W. B. Powell, secretary of the Lake County Cham- ber of Commerce, “I have been Intur- ested in good roads in Florida and leading to Florida. I have directed by letter thousands of motorists the most accessible route to the state without fear or favor. " “In one month this summer I was approached by seven representatives of as many gulde books to and through Florida and all left the im- as much as $150 to $500 worth of ad- vertising that my county would get unfavorable mention. To'this I laugh- ed, bocause 85 per cent of all the tourists come over the routes I have advocated all these years—50 per cent of whom- are old stagers and the others simply 'follow the crowd. pity those who follow the mass of misinformation coming from sources that should have the comfort and safety of the tourist at heart rather than route them via the routes that put up the dollars for advertising rather than for roads. pression that if I did not contract for | with the rubber compound. which an automoblle tire is built. It is used to give stability and strength. There are two well-known classes of tires, the square-woven fabric and the cord tire. In the square-woven fabric tire the threads in each ply run in both direc- tions, alternating over and under as' in a plece of ordinary cloth. In the cord tire, the threads or cords in each ply run parallel, with the exception of a few small cross threads, used simply to jold the cords together while they are being impregnated not congeal it. Since the square-woven fabric can- not be thoroughly impregnated with rubber at the points where the threads cross, flexing at these polnts will cause a sawing action and the gener- ating of internal heat. It has been demonstrated very clearly by experi- ment, according to the United States Tire Company, that, when the temper- ature resulting from internal heat reaches 230 degrees, vulcanized rubber ceases to function as an adhesive com- pound, crumbles into minute particles, which’ fall to resume their original condition, causing the compound_ to- oil. L L LR EE TRV TERT EE L Er sl e, “A Little Goes a Long Way’. Other motorists have said it; you'll say it, too! For EBONITE is different from anything you have ever used. EBONITE clings to your gears the year around. It never runs thin. Heat does not break it up. Cold does EBONITE is the highest type of shredded extra heavy It flows into every moving part. teeth of the gears and takes out the extra play and' the grind. It completely buries the gears in its rich adhesive mass and clings at all speeds. A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY. One filling of a tight transmission or differential is enough for all season. It cushions the Over 600,000 awners ® “I have traveled the routes out of [lose its functjon Florida. I have traveled the routes!causes !ennra‘xlun,'n v:«'a':k;gi 1;3:5 to St. 'Louls, to Chicago, to Wash- |finally a blow-out. it may be interest- ington. 1-have two scouts who make |ing to know that 265 degrees Is not an notation of routes as they come down | uncommon temperature reached in a and furnish me with information |tire when driven at a high speed over right off the bat. I personally inter- | the road; this is particularly true of view from two to a score of tourists!large truck tires. from _the north who stop at my of-| "In the case of cord tires, each thread EBONITE For Transmissions and Differentials Builds up a film of lubricant that keeps your gears quiet and free from friction. SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY fice daily and the information im aarted below is trustworthy and up: is inbedded in the rubber compound and the internal friction is reduced to SOLD AT ALL GARAGES AND DEALERS' to-date, and written without a dollar {& minimum. A brief summary of the ad- in five and twenty-five pound cans Donse Bromiers in sight for advertising or Influence | vantages derived from the use of cord from civic bodies. garages. hotels or [tires would include easler riding, due| resbrts of any kin to greater resiliency; saving of gaso- In touring the motorist must head |line and oil; saving of machinery, and for concentration points. There may | more miles per dollar. be :llllghtl detours here and there, but S Sl & a times the gener: rection S No Distinction There. From the Birmingpam Age-Herald. ASK FOR IT BY NAME Just say “EBONITE” to Your Dealer —That's Your ABSOLUTE > ASSURANCE OF BEST RESULTS Bayerson Oil Works Manufacturers, Erle, Pa. Pennsylvania Petroleum Products MAKERS OF AUTOCRAT MOTOR OILS Use Our Car While We Paint Yours 1132-34 Connecticut Avenue & Telephone Main 6660 ERIE PONNSTLVANIL We furnish you a car at a | % cost not to exceed the amount you pay to operate your own car and give you a paint job must be to the concentration point. Concentration points only are given n_these logues. - 1 direct all people in Tilinols, Ohio, | , (h 35,000 8 vear man is as poor as i Indiana and Michigan to Florlda via | § Rufch mouse, compared to a §50,000 | the eastern route, either starting| " .Jyacpg P Dut At hes anlay i south from Haserstown, Md. or| American citizen the chances are he | Washington fo Richmond, 133 miles. | ¥l have just as good a car as the | Richmond to Durham, 175 miles (or | 22 yoar man: via Raleigh) to Durham. i ]| Durham to Charlotte, 175 miles. Charlotte to Greenviile, 116 miles. Greenville to Athens, 101 miles. ’ Athens to Macon, 103 miles. Macon to Valdosta, 151 miles—total of 960 mlles to Valdosta. From Cincinnat! the best and most direct line of travel is via Falmouth, | Cynthia, Paris, Richmond, Mount Ver- THE D. G. REGULATION . equal to if not better than the Ton, Ky.; Corbin, Jacksboro, Clinton, o o ” : it Bty Peistl hnscan Requires Mirrors on Automobiles -ongmal. v 'l route via Valdosta into Florida. The line through southern Kentucky via Mount Vernon and Corbin was opened September 1 and a large_ celebration was held by local motorists who or- ganized a party of several hundred cars to drive over the new link. ! From north and west the Dixie highway route concentrates xt Nash- ville, thence Shelbyville, Tuulahom ¥ A paragraph from regulations relating to street traffic in the Dis- trict of Columbia, Section 18, Paragraph P:” - Semmes Motor Company 613 G Street N.W. " Phone Main 6660 “No driver shall operate any vehicle so loaded or equipped as to obscure e Mohtenmle the view in the driver's seat, unless there is placed on said vehicle a mirror so per, Chattanooga, Rome, Atlanta, fixed as to show the highway in the rear. Macon, Valdosta. sl . From north and west: Nashville, “Violation of this regulation is punishable by fine of not less than Huntsville, Gadsden, Talladega, Ope- lika, Columbus, Ga.; Richland, D: k one dollar.nor more than forty dollars.” f son, Albany, Thomasville, Valdos 1 (or c;lrect to Madison, Fla., via Quit- man). The second named route via Hunt: 75% of all motor vehi i i I e i s hllen Tonact than thetons % icles now in use are liable to a fine for neglect to over the mountains via Monteagle. comply with this law. From Valdosta to Madison, Fla., 5 thirty miles. To Lake City, fifty-two md ; Eliminate all chances. ) miles. - Option of Valdosta to Lake City via Jasper, seventy miles. .Lake City to Gainesville and Ocala, ninety-three miles. At Ocala you can take a falr to good road to Clearwater and Sty Petersburg_and Tampa. Ocala to Leesburg, thirty-six miles. Total of 1,172 miles from Washington || to Leesburg, Fla. Leesburg is the diverging point to all points in east, west and south| { EQUIP YOUR CAR OR TRUCK WITH A MIRROR IMMEDIATELY. SOUTHERN AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY CO. 1324 Fourteenth Street N.W. Prest.O-Lite Does It Again! —to sell at the unheard of trade-in price of $23.50. It's a Prest-O-Lite, back- ed by the Company and our ERE’S a genuine top- quality, power-packed, long-lived Prest- O -Lite Battery for Fords, certain e areruane =i o |l Phone Main 3564 models Chevrolets, Over- Tell your friends. $23.50— At Leesburg road conditions for land, Buick and twenty- actually less than the 1917 WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY the rest of Florida are perfect, no| matter in which direction you travel. || At Leesburg via Grand Island, one mile of Eustis to Umatilla, Altoona, Crows Bluff, De Land, Daytona and all east coast points. i At Leesburg via ‘Grand Island, |- Eustis, Mt. Dora for Sanfofd and all seven other cars and trucks price!. Better Battery. POTOMAC BATTERY CO. Now in New Quarters 1236 12th St. . Formerly 1720 14th St. N.W Associate Stations points north and south and to east Fred B. Pelham 3 Prest-0-] e e VI piaren i O 2ot Ofite IR o 1ando. e Uil ooy ' s%s Suwply Co. Tnc. Bervice Blation BATTERY i Ave. N.E. 3279 XM St. N.W. 12 0 Bt N.W. At Mt. Dora for Orlando via Apopka. At Leesburg via Tavares, Minneola for Orlando and all points north and south. At Leesburg via Okahumpka, Mas- SERVICE Are YOU a PriestOLite START Right with Prest-O.8e! cotte, Groveland for Auburndaie and thence .east or west and south to Pull up where Tampa, St Petersburg and Fort you see this sign. Other Prest-O- Myers, and entire network of south Florida and west coast roads. From Leesburg over all points fur- ther inland the roads are either sand- clay, brick or asphalt. By following these logues you will not be far wrong. The road as a L whole s not perfect, yet day by day 150 cars are rolling into Florida by the Valdosta-Madison, or Valdosta- Lake City route, and within a few weeks this will be increased to 300 cars daily. The roads will be in best condition from now until 3pring thaws set in in in the states north of Florida. To avoild trouble do not let garage ‘men or hotel men route you against instructions herewith given. There may be slight detours ‘which you will have to follow, but strike out for the next concentration point. Along the lines given there s a string of garages, service stations S plenty of company along the road. & That the eastern route is fairly passable is evidenced by many mak- Tag the trip in six days' time, and one intrepid driver did the 1,200 miles in four days’ driving. Lites in correct Pedestrian in Cold Weather? In other words; are you deprived of the con- venience of your car, and compelled to leave it in the garage on account of the extreme cold? -~ —does away with all starting trouble due to the cold weather. It starts your engine ‘in- stantly and warms it up in a hurry-increases " mileage 25 to 35 per cent and gives plentiful power, with no deposit of carbon. - Use The Best! -~ PENN OIL COMPANY- Wholesale Dealers in Gasoline, Greases, Lubricating Oils heavily ‘on its prohibition policy RS Lo and violations of treaties with Spain | Ml Fednly and Kerosene and Portugal, which led to g tarif : L war and the complete closing of thost 3 > SDI.E DlmlBUTORs : , Phones: West 166, Roaslyn 210, Rosslyn, Va. | F. 0. B. Detroit With Starter and Demountable Rimo HE Ford car is so simple in construction, so dependable in its action, so easy to operate and handle ‘h“ :mijy and m The eastern route 1s practically a . 7 Over the central route you cannot ‘The Ford Coupe, permanently enclosed escape the Cumberland mountains. - with sliding glass windows, is cozy, CHRISTIANIA ELECTIONS and roomy—modest and refined—a car GIVE NO PARTY MAJORITY that you, your wife or daughter will be proud to own and drive.. . . . . Impossible to Predict Who Will Form Cabinet—One Wom- And of course it has all the Ford econ- an Chosen. omies of operation and maintenance. By the Assoclated Press. CHRISTIANIA, October 28.—The Call and look over the Ford Coupe. Reasonably prompt delivery can be general elections on Monday gave no party & clear majority, and it is, impossible to predict which party or . made if you order at once. 4, Immediate Delivery, Touring and Runabout ~ % Authorized Washington Ford Dealers bloc will. form the new cabinet fo:- the new storthing, which meets in February. i Out of the 150 seats, the conserva-‘. tives, running on an anti-prohibition platform and against the government HILL & TIBBITTS, 14th St. and Okle Ave. N.W. s PARKWAY MOTOR COMPANY, 1065-1067 Wisconsin Ave. " ROBEY MOTOR COMPANY, 1420 L St. STROBEL MOTOR CO. (Ine.), 1435 Irving St. N.W. E. L TAYLOR COMPANY, 1840 14tk St N.W. UNIVERSAL AUTO CO. (Inc.), 1620-31 M St. N.W. DONOHOE MOTOR COMPANY, Insuring Your Auto —isn’t an expense; but an investment— Would you leave any other piece of your property costing what your Automobile did without protection? Surely not; and yet your Auto is in greater risk than most anything else you own. 2 Let’s look jinto- this Insiarance matter to- gether. Have us’to tell you about the pro- . tection you_and the machine will have; about OUR service; what it will cost; what it will save; and what the advantage of OUR taking care of the matter for you. Sending for us—Main 601-602— entails no obligation whatever ‘{f we insure you, you're insured £ (incorporated) Colorado Building Tions, secured fifty-six seats. The com- | munists following. the Moscow program, | Obtained twenty-nine seats, largely : at the expense of the right wing so-| Cialists, The radical left, the bizgest party in the old storthing, and the| Pasia of the present cabinet, lost| Roy Mark - policy of maintaining war time restric- l 215 sylvania Ave. S.E. 5 Penn UART'S GARAGE, 141-151 13th St. N.E. These Dealers Oan Sell Ford Cars, Tractors, Parts, Etc., Anywhere in U. 8. countries to the Norwegian fish trade Their present representation of fifty- | = nine seats was reduced to thirty-ninc One woman, Miss Karen Platou o Christiania, was elected. She is the first woman to enter the storthing - : ————————— although women have had the volc : 3 hers since 1907. In previous elections > 2 no woman polled enough votee to se- b > euse her a seat.