The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1909, Page 4

| i . a CHAUFFEURS FIND FORTUNES DRIVING AUTO RACING CARS LEWIS STRANG IN HIS BUICK CAR magnate, who Chicago Cubs recently gave the $10,000 as a bonus, has been out hown by the announces by Wt done ta 5! made a few days ago Meade, the offi of th hk Motor company the effect that $ has been given the mem. bers of the Butek te as for winning the big Cobe face on June 19 for a distance 400 miles over the Indiana course. LUMBER The money was split only three ways—oing in equal parts to Louis Chevr the winner; Lewts atrang and Rob Burman, his team mates. Thus the th greatest American pilots get Ag a Bonus for wi ace as 16 of the & ers in the world get 180 gar and wint championship The rich bonus ta but part of thelr numbers winning the Cobe ace, Each of them rec oa big MEN BUYING HERE Get Automobiles and Take Them Out in the State— List of Enthusi Autos Is Growing. Lamber is the get-rich-quick med fur these days. At least it would feem so from the number of auto- mobiles which are going down to Hoquiam to stay, having been pur chased by Jumber men from there, in Seattle. The latest of the mili men to buy is Joseph Lytiie. His ear, a Stearns, was delivered in Beattie this week, and Mr. Lyttle Grove home in It yesterday ‘Two other purchasers of Stearns cars this week, both Seattle men, are J, W. McAlister, of Oxbow, and ©. E. Peabody. These cary were fiao delivered this week and both owners expressed themselves as ox tremely well satisfied. Many pleasant tours are in store for them during the summer, ts Over of fn, who owna a Falls City, this week ‘Yranklin runabout which me on the back atreteh f auto rac Mr. MeCann y satisfied with his | lL. BE. Iverson, Of Snobomish, ls one of the auto enthusiasts who makes every and constant use of hie car, He ran in from his home town on Wednesday, as he always does when he wants to visit fn Se attle or transact a little business. Robert Ewart and A. L. Patn. both of Hoquiam this week. They say that th make nothing of the trip to the Queen City when they have an auto to do it in, The whole journey ts © much more satisfactory than on the train and asa can be made so much more speedily and of course with greater comfort. T who are merchants ip r city, both drove Franklin were In Se ee NOTES FROM Mr. B. L. Clarke, manager of the Stevens Duryea company, was in town this week looking around to see what the prospects of business might be. Before his departure for the east on Thursday Mr. Clarke expressed himself as highly satis fled with the showing of Seattle. Chicopee Falls, Mass, ts the home of the Stevens-Duryea car. H. P. Grant, manager of the Se attle Automobile compafty, took two trips to Snohomish this week, ‘He reported that he made excel Jent time, and that the roads were in good condition He drove 4 model “G” Franklin. Mesars. Yehawine and Stebert, the well known car body repairers, will remove next week to their new and commodious premises at 1508 ‘Tenth ay. At the present time they THE GARAGE are busy on a new body for Mr. William Studebaker, which recent } ly met with a mishap, owing to the fact that the driver was not very experienced. Another car which la io their hands is the EM. FP which} tried conclusions with a street car at Firet and Virginia the other day, | and in whieh little encounter the street car had somewhat the beat of it | The Firestone Tire and Rubber | company will move to 918 Bast} Pike st within a very few days, thelr prevent quarters ‘being far too small to adequately accomo- date them. By the way, three of! the cars in the big race came in with thet Original tires, all Fire-| stones, on the front wheels, with the exception of the left front of | Ford No. 1. The Acme car only | used sfx tires throughout the | whole trip, | FARMER MOODY {i BRAGGING ABOUT A NEW FRANKLIN GAR MAKES FAST RUN TO seatrie| AND GROWS MORE ENTHUSIASTIC. | 8. M. Moody, who is one of the greatest of the new auto enthus fasts, last Thursday drove his car, an 18 H. P. Franklin, to Seattle, a distance of 97 miles, on a little bua iness trip. Mr. Moody is a wealthy | farmer and has been used to driv- ing a blooded team of horses, but he was always afraid of overdoing it with his high priced team, and after much cogitation he finally de cided to buy an auto car. Since he has used a car he has become so much enamored of It that he cannot give full expres sion to bis delight. Mrs. Mood: coincides with her husband in ev Royal Sales Co. || Agents for Royal Tourist and omobtle, 1421 HROADWAY, Kant *45. | Oldsmobile CUMMINGS AUTO CO, S10 H, Pike at. | FIRESTONE, TIRE & nUnHER || COMPANY, f Automobile fires for any } *tandard rim. Rugm@y, carriage and motor truck tires = - FIKESTONE ane m nUnRER | COMPA aan Sramdvey, Temporary Headquarters. ii = SSS ee |is also an enthusiast since the Inst! ery partioular and in fact the whole family, fneluding the three children. are thoroughly converted to the new mode of travel. Since he has had his machine Mr Moody has traveled a distance jof over 1,160 mile. by the apeedo- meter and has not suffered a single accident, not indeed so much as a i= neture. On his way down from Burling: | ton on Thursday Mr. Moody over-|in a Cadillac 20, jtook a large Winton Six a short| delivered by the Bringham & Fenn way from his starting point. From that moment it & his sole ambi tion a8 a new comer to the ranks of automobiledom to keep company with the big fellow. A little doubt ful of bis ability, nevertheless he let the little one out and never lost the »inton all the way to Seattle And never was a man more pleased than Mr his tale. Moody when he related || YENAWINE & SEIBERT |) WOODWORKERS, voile bodies bullt and Wind Shields mad 1874, 923 1. Pike, Auto Top Fae thing in the f. MeDONALL ne ine. Bilp 7 cartiaga Hnings a Temporary Quarters 519-21 #. ine St, Broadway, \heen delivered to him; when the ca tor, spark coll, magneto, tre and other accessory makers are added the total tved by the Buick stars for the Cobe vietory will excood § Amount ree In addition the eltizens of Flint Mich, the home factory of the Buick, have arranged a mon Jomonstration and banquet in he sithough wt the boys, who, adopte # of the Michigan city lows honored and ay are none th prectated AUTO. ENTHUSIASTS MAKE SUNDAY AND WEEK END TRIPS FINE TOURS AND GOOD PICNIC GROUNDS FOUND NEAR SEATTLE Last Sunday was a big day at the Snoqualmie Palle. A regular stream of autos, whieh rivaled the falls thomeelves, poured tn al! day long. It has become the regular thing for the enthusiaste of Seattle to take the rum out there on every available oceasion and no more |i beautiful apot could be found It ia quite reasonable to suppose that many people are still ignorant of the fact that the falle at Snoqual mie are higher than those at Niagara. Indeed, last Sunday the epume and apindrift were eo thick that it was impossible to ap proach within 100 yards of the water without rubbers Among those who made this beautiful trip Mr. and Mra. J, W. Hupp an arty, Miss Hogle, daughter of Judge W. H. Bogle, and @ party, and Mr. Starbird aod his family Richard M. Kinnear, the well known real estate man, started with some friends on Thursday for Rainier park, a distance of 160 miles. The weather has been most propitious for them and they will doubtless have a wonderful outing. The car Mr, Kinnear took waa a) Cadillac 30, and in such a car he was not likely to meet with many mishaps Mr. Kinnear expected ta! be away for some days [RANKS OF AUTOMOBILE OWNERS ARE GROWING It tf bard to keep ap with the names of the recent purchasers of automobiles, so absolutely preva | lent is the fad nowadays, that is if) it is fatr to call what has come ta! stay a fad. However, among many) other new purchasers is J. 1. Ed) wards, of 1214 Hoylevton ay, He! has Just bought # new ear of whicd | he is ordinately proud ©. & Knapp, of 1801 Bighth av. six or seven days, for a car has just ae Hkewlag | has one to M. MeFee, of the J. C) Henry company. | Kent, too, has an aspirant for) auto honors in W. H. Overlook, | cashier of the Hank of Kent. Mer} Overlook contemplates many tours | throughout the summer all over the | state, and he will enjoy them, as will all the aforementioned buyers, which has b company. Vaudeville Hamer, Roah—L it queer that « printed] sheet, although square, ie calind a efroulart? Joah-—-Mot neoessartiy. it le intend- od to go round.-—Hrookiyo Bagle. | Different. Brown—Woe reas as we sow Jone I'm an amateur gardener, you know Beagle. Brooklyn MAROC BUNNEEL, INC, 707 Alaska Bide. “EUREKA HOTOR 00, Heat Benigyed, Masts Matias Shop om Your Work "“Seltettea, Phones! Sunset, Mast 600; ind., 4aht ee eee The Babcock Electric || THE COUPLE-OFAN TRUCK, Commerctal Garage 1987. Fiewt fe, Agents for Franklin Motor Cara | Automobile Aupplios, Atorage and i | Repaire SEATTLE AvVTOMOBL Ue CO» 1428 Tenth Av. and 1432 Bawy | Largest Garage in the Paoltle i Northwent Tol, Bast 1213, Ind. 1917 Seattle, Wart LL 1414 Broadway. | GOODRICH TIRE | In What You Requt GORHAM RUnBER 40 Plent Ave, South, tance That Has Been Tested | The Truck The Horseis Doomed TOO SLOW TOO UNRELIABLE TOO EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN Oats $45.00 Per Ton, Hay $25.00 Per Ton. Average Life 3 Years, You must be in the procession somewhere. LOCAL BANKER TOURS of near Was accompanied by his wife and) ill Main 2669 drove back through © had a thoroughly fine journey, | Mr jThe roads are reve rted as in fairly was also good the party bad no mplaints to make, Mr k two care with him, but se | RR. Spe r, of the National |; 4 Hie Franklin in whieh to drive | ngiand A | Bank of Commeres, haw just re, pack Toston j turned from @ two moathe’ trip tn through Canada | California, during which Ume he ON B1X WEEKS’ TOUR | practically toured the whole state Mr, and Mrs, 0. W. Wilson, Mra }In all Mr, Spencer traveled a div) Harflet Grier and Douglas and John With the 6,000 Wilson have started from Peorla, wapttal elty for a atx weeks’ tour through miles, He Be Progressive Why not be in the lead? Demonstration by appointment. Catalog | n request. Couple-Gear Truck Co. Commercial Garage Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway No. 203506, Soap for Parke Fisher Co., Seattle, From Philadelphia, Arrived and Was Placed for Delivery June 25 Exactly Ten Days’ Time From Philadelphia to Seattle hrough Time Freight Will Arrive Daily From Now On and the Time Will Equal That of Any Line R. M. BOYD, Commercial Agent and| the east in a Franklin touring car » Chicago thelr route le through northern Indiana and Ohic N.Y, and thence Ttowland Wilwon will join the Spencer tourtata at Concord they will go or banners of the Higlelgh New \ a Obnerve t the seout ear ; recently made thelr way Inte Carolina in mapping the the New York-Atianta run plat ? by the ald and th ‘ a trip through New and the return trip will be GREET 8COUTS Franklin touring oar THE FIRST REVENUE CAR OVER THE York ie Atianta Journal Greeting taken t Howard Buys a Cadilia William Hf. How 8 And other the Howard t k j * are Made on the a convert to the auto craze, and f . ; the auto t proved himself by pureha (he same wy Cadillac 10, He has exproased bir p ; inate ong 6 KNliot Bay ¥, ONE Aweney, § ry Ofth wed Wustnens SOOT AUPoMomr ae SCHOOL, Has Made Good Abso- L lutely on Se- attle Hills Kt Clasaeg Main 1999, | Studebaker’ 2] bw. M. Poa, ey B. Bonttle, HOS Wire! Ay. South wma ape, 2207 Second x be Couple-Gear Is Proven AMPLE SPEED AMPLE MILEAGE SMALLEST COST OF MAINTENANCE | Cost of Electricity to Charge Less Than 50¢ Per Day. Very Long Life | H.C. GRAY & 66, 44g) Brondway, ” 34%, Kast poe, COMPANY OISTRIBUTERS OF BUICK THOMAS-FLYER POPE-HARTFORD AND PEERLESS MOTOR CARS The New 1927 1st Av. So. Phones: Main 4898; Ind, 992, 1317 ick. Av. 110 Bineehard St, Slightly used Automobiles bargain prices. Prices the lowest. Every car y overhaul LOCAL AGENTS FOR The White Steam Car Baker Electrics OFFICE 11-18 BROADWAY, Storing and Repalring attended to. Blectrie care at and charged. Care for hite FULL LINE OF SUPPLIBS ELECTRICS FP. A. WING, AGENT, rOANLAND wo “CARS Fred Fischbeck, Ageat A t top and glass front s1.n50, FO. 1, Sentile. | 12 B, Pike St Nove wry Merron CO. Autor omebtte Garage. Pextnes Ovet Al) kinds of Machine yt t Glass Fronts made to onder, 2524 Second AVE <P VPTLE, WASH eri | LAUNCHES AND SaaToR : Weafall, Mannie t o by day, week orf a geome vente aa or vil Bag ines, 1Or 9 1A Maghom Streets 4 Troy Lauudey “wee MOTOR CAR |: CHALMERS.DETROIT Down-Town Garage One Block from Post Office SEATLE AUTO BRON AND GARAGE, 140 Phones—Suwanct Bast 248, tnd, 5 “DETROIT” AND HO" rty horsepower om ‘ « Full wipe — —— Rewer ee ees SEQZ SETTER SEttet Ne Te SOR Sok KES Cee te Srs SSeree ys Sataees ine Eve ovens eccc cavevanvtndes Weeks” QRa2a¢2>5 scesmesvemessrez peceecsrs