The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 7, 1913, Page 3

? 5 Set SSX AL To DI ; | Locomobile — NE J.D. rik AND BELMONT VAN BRUNT Motor Car Co. PATHFINDER wee coc. Distributors for Washington and British Columbia. RAMBL 307-309 East Pike St MOTOR CAR CO. Phone Elliott 3093 N. J. Morehouse, District Distributor. STUTZ MOTOR CAR CO. ooo PIKE ST Northwest Distributors. Phone Kast 622 THE CAR THAT MADE GOOD IN A DAY. Oakland “THE CAR WITH A CONSCIENCE Eliott 1063. 1708-10 Hroadway, Arthur Bunker Motor Car Company East 313 Motor Car Co 907 E. Pike Phone Rast #20 Mome of the famous Apperson Jack Mabbit DORRIS TRUCKS CHALMERS Phone East 47. MILLER AUTO CO. M. A. MILLER, Manager. OLYMPIC Motor Car Co. DISTRIBUTERS 1401 Broadway. Cc. W. DANSIE, Manager. Fully equipped, f. 0. b. Seattle. Most economical car on earth to operate. METZ CAR DISTRIBUTORS, 706 East Pike St. Phone East 455. Motor Trucks |W. H. Barnes & Son M2 versed Guaranteed Continuous Service. Covers Every Truck Sold. Garage and Salesroom 610 Seneca St. Phone Main 6504. WASHINGTON CAR- TERCAR CO, 1515 BROADWAY PHONE EAST 467. Imperial Five different modeis, priced from $1,186 to $2.600, & © lopacial Automobile Agency Messrs. Waller & Stratton Distributors 312 Kast Pike &t. yhone Faat 4204. bd, Seattle — —— Hudson - Paige raft “ FEDERAL TRUCKS ” mre eons Studebaker a! a 5” : Waterhouse Trading Co, Auto Dept. 1514 Broadway Phone East 1171 Ww and Oregon ) 1408 BronQway Phone B 1171 Mercury Motor Car Co, 801-302 East Pike St. ge wan mee = PLAT. BROKERAGE CO. 1409 Second Hand BROADWAY Cars Bought and Sold KR+T AUTO $500 “Special” METZ “22” $550 | The Miller Autoca rts the of a Dorris to t ay, of Puyallup, R, Wood of Renton, has also taken delivery of a 2ton Dorris truck, Wing Bros, of Tacoma, have purchased a Stewart 2-tom truck, Mr, Miller reports business very favorable and fe looking for an excellent fall trade cee The Tacoma Grocery Co, has purchased a 1,500-pound Jefferys truck from the Rambler agency, of Seattle. | huying autos by phone ts becom ing quite a fad, many firms having had the experte of selling ears in that manner, The latest is the Rambler agency, who received a mossage from Mt. Vernon to ship & Rambler, S-passenger cross-country car at once. The purchaser was L. J. Ward, Ne # to say, Mr, Ward was thoroughly acquainted with the merits of the Rambler before in vesting his money eee Ralph Borker, of the Northern | hotel, has purchased a 6-passenger 6 J.D A Kreat many inquiries for the of cars @re coming M. Wheaton, of the Thomas company staff, ‘and people who can afford It place more ler Locomobile, through the Thomas Co, local distributors bet in confidence in the higher priced car, The Locomobile, the car unt-! versally known, takes {te place with the foremort The J.D. American built cars Thomas Co, report a very | prosperous season. The Locomo bile truck is creating quite a stir in motor circles, and the 6:ton truck | will be a big seller this fall. The Rambler agency, of Seattle, | will recelve a carload of cross country touring cars today, These | care have all been sold locally. . ee Mr. Ferrell, of the Everett Auto| Co., representing the Buick {n Ever- ett and territory, was in town last week, and while here took delivery of one of the Buick 30 roadsters. In speaking of business tn ‘ere Mr. Ferrell was more than delighted with the prospects for this reason. |In fact Mr, Ferrell states that he has sold in and about Everett 50 jears this season. . Mr. Robert Oliver, Buick agent, | | Bremerton, was in town long enough on Decoration day to buy a Spassenger Buick, which he took| back with him. | cee Buick Automobile Co. report |sales to Robert Ely, Oak Harbor, and one S-passenger to Leavenworth | \the past week. . F. H. Bowman, of Thomas, Wash. has taken del a Chalmers “36,” purchased through the Olym- ple Motor Car Co. The Buick Automobile Co, who are ever on the alert to look after |the interests of their many custom- fers, In addition to having recently taken over the entire basement of the Hansen-Lozier block, on the cor- ner of Jroadway and |the present time SUGGESTIONS a Joe Waterhouse, demonstrating the first six-cylinder Studebaker t arrive in Seattle, This car has all priced cars, being equipped with electric ligh' This car is sold locally by the Frank Waterhouse Company, on Broad: | gon way | TO CAR BUYERS “In considering the purchase of an automobile,” sald Robt, Atkin son, manager of the Pacific Motor Car Co. this morning, “the aver. age man is apt to overlook some of the most important detatls sim ply right on the because they do not stick out| surface. For {nstanoe, most men, who are offered a discount, a ‘cut! price,’ or a ‘long’ trading price| en an old car, are apt to congratu late theraselves that they are get ting @ ‘bargain. But are th A car that has a price of, say, 000, but which ts offered at a unt of per cent, is, as a ot 82 dinc matte And th uyer is getting exactly what he pays for. He ts away off when he figures that he ts getting & $2,000 car for $1,700, for he 1s do. ing nothing of the kind. Prices} are purposely set high on some cars #o that the dealer may An apparent discount. “The person who ts most injured by the ‘cut price’ ts not the dealer it Is the man who buys the car. Of course, dealers will not explain} If they are in the cut price oan it's a case of clean up quick and get out, and the less said about ft the better. “Another point, and one that | hinges closely on this cut| price error, {# that of annual de-| preeta stofacar. In figuring] fter on ¢ NEWS OF THE AUTO WORLD very |SEASON MODEL THE STAR—SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1913, RTT ES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind the 600-mile at} the Speedway Memorial Day, the! Indiana branch of the Soctety of | American Engineers are hosts to- day to the members of the British sutomobile socteties, the Institute of Auto Engineers and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trad ers. The local committee has planned day's entertainment May 31 Following race |force last season's |date and sell the o lor shall we perp . design and make ber, Recause of the many opportunt- thea for the visitors to see motor car plants | Indianapolis, but, while here, two accessory planta will be inspected, that of the Whoeeler-Schebler Car Lite Company. Roth these plants known as being id where effictency mum and where tions are perfect will no doubt be surprised at the} Jifference in the factory conditions in America from that fn England. These planta will be visited ip be are widely | 1 institutions, working cond! the morning. Luncheon will served at the Canoe Club, after which an automobile ride will be taken around the city, Dinner will be 4 at a country place. Leaving Indianapolis, the visitors will go to Detrott, where they will visit the auto factories and from where they will make a Inke trip The commercial bodies of Indian- TO R at the maxt-ine remembered, | {ear 1s really worth.” an ! RENOUNCED “Season's models may be all right in the millinery business, n A ichard, the Apperson Jack Rabbit” des but f good cars out of date by a n | emm fal changes is an expensive Jiuxury, when applied to 1 ' and is an injustice to the | ' “Here {* an example th ou ave ween repeated a thousand the lines and finish of the high imes. A man buys a 1912 ca one and electric self-starter. | month the end of the sea After thirty days his car ts Jout of date, a back number the eT. ———————- | manufacturer has announced 4 191 model. The public then say bis car is a year old; that means It would command only the price of an ordinary second-hand car “What !s thi portion between the actual worth and the market | value of a second-hand automobile? | That depends some on the condi a Soar tions of the car, whether it Is in a big city or a country four-corne or how many seasons old it may be “Now, when, after two decades of experience as exclusive automobile builders, Apperson Brothers find their car standardized to the point that any change would be minor or unessential, they are confronted with the necessity of choosing be tween two sales policies, Shall we model out of ner a new car, ate the standard every car sold |that the visitors will long remem-| stay gold, and sell another to a new customer? “The Apperson company re nounced season's models, which none will be visited in| means that an unwritten insurance |W policy goes with each ‘Jack Rab- bit’ car. The deprectation should not exceed what the service has . only a $1,700 car,|buretor Company and the Prest-O-|heen actually worth, providing the| Weekly lecture his car the same care and attention that is deserved by any plece of machinery. It must of course, that the service one gets from any autobmo- owner will give The Britishers)pij6 is only reciprocal with the care and attention they are given. This makes it pretty much up to the Apperson owner as to what his used PUBLICITY FOR MOTOR DELIVERY “ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES _OU & WRIGHT G. & J. Tires and Tubes Buy. ne Kast 471 HUGH A. BAIRD MOTOR SUPPLY CO. — every test. 600 Union Bt MILLER “QUALITY” TIRES MADE STRONGEST «MILLER TIRE COMPANY LAST LONGEST Phone Pat, BY Day und Night Servier 105 Past Pike St assau Tires are the best—proven so THE WASHINGTON AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY MOTORCYCLE Kast Motorcycle and Bicycle REPAIRING Side Cars Made to Order. Everything in the Motor Line. RAINIER CYCLE CO., 1112 PIKE ST. Phone Main 2967. GOOD ROADS A |WHAT BECOMES VITAL SUBJECT; OF USED CARS? © \ ‘ National participation in high-| No doubt a great many people * progress {s a thing which|curious to know what becomes commands increasing attention.|the many cars purchased in our gave the from year to year. The Star z Former President Taft | subject prominence in his current|took a trip one day this weel at Yale university,| Auto Row, and during his travels he fon to federal! wandered into the Auto Brol following to | Co.'s display rooms on gaye ‘ | say j Mr. Williams, one of propries — | “The evils of pork barrel legisla-|tors of this establishment, em! ‘tion, with the mad chase for good |when The Star man put the quest roads money, are ‘argely caused by|to him, “What becomes of all the — |pseudo reformers inspired by a| used utos 7 : % feeling that they want to take from those who have and give to those who haven't. The same objection applies to reclamation of swamp lands by the government, whereby | localitities benefit unduly at the expense of the whole people.” “It would appear that the former head of the nation has not given the good roads question the thor- jand in voicing opposit post roads had the said he, “you'll find a few of them on our floors now. For instance, here's @ owned by one of Seattle’s wealth! en, purchased last year at @ cos® Of course, it wasn't enough for him this year. |bought a new one, and here is last year's car for sale at $1,400 “That car standing right there i” ough consideration which i de-|& Lozier, which cost a short time: serves,” comments Chairman|8g0 $5,600. You will see that George C. Diehl, of the A, A. A,|looks as good as new, This car talling a new) men take | selling price of time comes er when he wan class, or him to want to jwet a better “Here ts whe to e' provements are made, or he grad- nm p th dvanced | President George A. Kissel, of the tates into “the "more advanced! MILES ON GALLON restos, coore, cot eso not many |apolis are nlanning to assist In the National Good consideration the entertainment of the visitors, “Merchants delivering to custom- ers by motor truck overlook an {m- | portant point when they fall to per- sistently advertise that fact,” says ry motor-car buy. nts another car. Im \generally recognized by everyone o-|that delivery by motor means Eleven miles per gallon of £98 | clever and more certain service | line and 350 miles on a gallon Of/inat its adoption ts a big card for | lubricating oll were the economical | any firm, and if it is such an asset, | sell his old car and} re the ‘cut price’ car and reclamation Roads Board, he would not have so plainty in- vited a reply to his conclusions on | Marion, a Ford, R. C. H., & matter which now so vitally con-| Studebaker, Everett and a cerns the whole country. “The co-operation of the federal government in the construction of Second-hand motor trucks were main highways should stand upon| ‘splay. The first car seen by the same basis as the improvement | Star man in this department was of rivers and harbors, the drainage |™&chine in which thousands now on sale at $1,500.” and a great many others. Nams then went upstairs, of swamp lands, |Tidden, mostly unwilling the irrigation of arid lands, and the | Seattle's old “Black Maria,” wi The Star man was next shown (a telephone system, which will con-|Teveals its extravagance. In the} nect with all the departments, and | case of the $2,000 car we have men there will be two incoming and| tioned as being bought for $1,700, | records recently made by & 1%-ton two outgoing lines the depreciation must be figured | ieny truck, These records were Among the recent purchasers of |ffom $1,700 and not from | Buicks are J. Henry Heckman, Syd-| And as the car was originally over ney Loeb and H. Mosbach, of the| Priced, people naturally lose faith Independent Brewing Co., and Mr.|!® ft and it brings, as a used car, Henry @nedavaca, "lterribly disappointing figures grass, and one of the| cich « car can often be bought for less than half of its original price. “On a oar that has been sold at 1 list price, and kept !n good shape by careful dealer's service, the selling price as a used car Is frequently as high as the cut-price |car’s original cost | “A Mttle thought will show that |the yearly average of depreciation jexpense is the only true figure to beg as a guide.” made in tests conducted by J. W. Standard O11 Co. on these tests This is to certify that the follow ing performance of a Kelly 1%-ton truck, under normal load, oa coun- handsome model 24 roadsters, fin to ished in French bine and gray C. E. Stone, the iallor, Miss FH tense Smith has recently been added to the long list of women operators, | having recently purchased a Buick |roadster. Mrs. H. T. Breedes, Fit. teenth ave. North, is a recent pur chaser of a Buick, which is the third Buick owned by her. HOWARD CO, IN BIG RACE believe The gasoline consumption was found to be eleven miles per one gallon of gasoline, while the oll consumption was found to be one gallon to 250 miles. The above figures were obtained from actual working conditions on roads I would not consider offering more than normal demands upon the motor in the way of fuel and oll consumption. The above statements are ren- Jack Croston, Buick agent at ‘Tacoma, who is probably one of the livest dealers in the Northwest, holds the distinction and —_ to : be the only man that ever sold an| The Howard Automobile Co., of |automobile by lantern light. He! dored after my own personal obser- San Francisco, will be well repre: |ciaims to have driven out to a vations of the entire performanc sented in the Los Angeles to San|farmers house, and catching him|being myself present at all times Francisco races July 4th, according |1n the field after dark, signed a con-/during the operation of the truck to Mel Johnson, manager of the|tract ty the light of the lantern| while on test. |Portland branch. At the present) without even making a demonstra-| i time there are both a National and|tion, Mr. Eldridge, of the Buick| Manager Brawley, of the Stutz 4 Buick entered. The Buick entry |agency in Seattle, says there must! agency, {s on his way home after 16 is entered by the Los Angeles pe gome truth in this, as Croston|a very pleasant trip to the East. [branch of the automobile company, has driven four new Bucks from|While there Mr. Brawley attended and is to be driven by Louis Nik-| seattle to Tacoma in as many days.|the races at Indianapoli try road service, is true, as I verily |why not make the most of 1t? | “If I were In a business where | dei lonly adopt trucks, but I would use Moore, consulting engineer of The! }iheral space in the newspapers ad- | | vertising that fact. Where this has Following is Mr. Moore's affidavit | been done it has brought ory ‘Deliv. | Jand unmistakable results lery by Motor’ has a meaning that lappeals to everyone, for one has lonly to observe to know that the motor-driven vehicles outdistance the horse four miles to one under average traffic conditions, and there are few purchasers that do not desire as early delivery a8 pos sible. “It is acknowledged that » motor truck running through the streets is in {tself a good advertisement for the firm whose name appears on tt, but {t might be made a much more valuable one if well advertised in the local papers. I belleve that any merchant trying it will find out that I am correct.” One of the features of the Los Angeles-San Francisco road race, scheduled for July 4th, is the Ap- person “Jack Rabbit,” the Leon T. Shettler Co., the Apper son dealers at Los Angeles, This is sald to be the biggest road race ever pulled off, and many of the world’s prominent cars are entered. rent, the well-known Buick racing | |driver, and although the car ts one | \of the smallest the Buick people make, tt 1s there to give a good | account of itself. Mitchell's Na- tional js one of the speedway an of the winner of (0-mile race at Indianapolis tert Dingley {s also figuring on entering and driving another speed model roadsters, and {s almost exact duplicate way roadster, while Swede Swan-| son, mechanic to Harver Her-| | rick while Herrick was establish- ing his reputation as a racing} driver, winning every event he en-| tered, has entered his National and| will very likely be at the wheel | with the third speedway roadster, | There but one kind of horse power, and that {8 work accomplish ed, There is but one way definite! to measure one horse-power—t is by lifting 38,000 pounds one foot] | |per minute. One horse-power in 4 engine Is the capability of doing work equal to lifting 00 pounds one foot per minute, For instance, a man lifting 38,000 bricks, each weighing a pound, and wetting them on a platform one foot high in one minute, would be doing one horse-power of work. If, by means of a hoisting device, he ,000 This 1s one of the first of the|tion of the durability of wire Harold Davies, of tha Mercury|has never seen the scenery more could raise a block weighing new Stevens-Duryea to arrive In} wheels, with the result that several see Motor Car Co., has just returned|beautiful. After passing Auburn pounds o stone 7 in Hey bis re Seattle, with wire wheels, Until/of the leading manufacturers have from a trip to Green R whore | Mr. Davies took the dirt road, pass-|be doing work equal to one NS bapuanee wl ie 4 : he went to deliver a car recently|ing over the Black Diamond road,|power. Whether it is a man, @ recently, wire wheels) were made jeaepted them. i purchased by HA. Stubt, cashiey|and says that he can assure ali|steam engine, an electric motor, or|by only Huropean firms, such as| This car is one of the prettiest of the Mutual Life Insurance Co.| future tourists seeking a pleasant|some other means of power, one|the English Napler Car Company |models that has been seen on the Mr. Davies reports that the roads|outing that they will be making no |horse-power represents exactly thejof England, Recently American|streets of Seattle In many a day. are in excellent condition, and he| mistake in taking this route, same amount of work, factories have taken up the aues-|It has a heavy enameled, visible Stevens-Duryea, 1914 Model, 6-Cylinder, 5-Passenger Touring Car blue body, electric lights, and late- |improved air starter, The above Jout {llustrates the classy |this car This car was purchased jby S. A, Cordz, retired business man of Seattle, At the wheel is seen Mr. 0. Cordz, Junior, and the Misses Cardz eccupy the rear seat, livery was necessary, | would not} lines of | |conservation of natural resources. | “There is no more reason, when modern traffic is considered, for| deepening the channel of the Mis-| sissippi river at public expense than for building through highways across the states leading to that stream. It is to be presumed that the money expended for the {m- |provement of rivers and harbors is |spent in an effort to benefit com- |merce generally, instead of simply jadding to the wealth and impor- tance of a local community, which is certainly one of the results achieved, “The reclamation of arid lands and the drainage of great swamps would seem to be identical propo- sitions, yet some statesmen advo- cate the one and condeinn the other. From the broad standpoint of extending benefits to the whole people at public expense it is diffi- cult to determine where any differ. jence can exist. In both cases local jcommunities in close proximity to | | ! |the reclaimed area receive the |most direct benefit, while the greater benefits accruing from entered by |STeater and better production, and) absolute precision is known to be the creation of new values, reach |throughout the entire country, and| |stimulate the development of lesser operations {n the same lines by local authorities.” R. W. Doyle, lately employed as salesman of the Pacific Car Co. has this week joined the sales force of the Van Brunt Motor Car Co. Mr. Doyle is well-known locally and will no doubt make good in bis new position. The line of cars handled by the Van Brunt Motor Car Co, is well known, and negotiations lately closed by which they will handle the Maxwell motor car output for the state, gives them, witn the Pathfinder, one of the strongest lines in the city. after years of faithful service, now relegated to the second- shop, the Seattle police dep having purchased a speedier more up-to-date car. ‘ The answer to the question, “What becomes of secon cars?” is simple. When they go to! the second-hand shops these are thoroughly overhauled, repaint.” ed and redecorated, and put in fit class condition and placed on floor again for sale. While of them do not bring half the % inal cost, yet Mr. Williams The Star man that the cars sell fast as they can be fixed up. . Of the accessories fitted to the — “Packard” engine which on 2 last completed the record non-stop run of 300 hours, none has shown up more prominently than the mag — neto. It is seldom that this accessory is given due credit, even though ite of paramount importance in the operation of the motor, x The Bosch Magneto, type “DU6," operated during the entire hours without a falter and without any attention whatsoever. With the motor operating at approxi mately 1,200 revolutions per minute during the period of test, the mag» neto armature revolved, as as can be calculated, 32,400, times, which means that 64,800,000 sparks were furnished to fire the charges, and that 129,600,000 separ ate movements of the interrupter arm were made; a marvelous perm formance, evidencing without @ doubt the absolute efficiency of the magneto as an ignition source and the reliability of the Bosch Mag» neto in particular. 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