The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 14, 1917, Page 7

] : : i * PAIGE SALES COMPANY GETS TRUCK LINE. SECURES DISTRIBUTION OF | POPULAR RAINIER TRUCK The first carload of Rainier trucks arrived in Seattle last week and A. E. Morrison, western sales manager for that popular line, was fm town to witness the unloading | and complete final arrangements with the Paige Motor Sales Com pany. The Paige Sales Company have Secured the entire state of Wash ington for the distribution of the) Rainier line, which comprises one- | half ton and three-quarter ton wormdrive trucks. Mr. Fores ts! Very confident of placing a large || mamber in his territory, as the de mand for light commercial vehi yes is very heavy throughout the| hweat. The Rainier is manufactured at| Flushing, N. Y., by one of the old-| et = truck manufacturing com panies in America, and ts designed fand built along the lines of the| best known heavy trucks built in| this country. It combines all the zt features that have made the! Vy trucks successful. PACIFIC MOTORS, INC. TO DISTRIBUTE HARROUN LINE \ | that promises The latest Stutz to make its ap|have been le ot | Pearance at the show the Parsons Motor Car is a beautiful six-passe rooms Company wer to uphold the repu tation the Stuts has always er Joyed for stability and beauty is the standard four with improvements. Crowned fender have been added and the springs MILLER AGENTS INCREASE LINE The Miller Carbureter Company — at 1111 East Union st., have be GET AGENCY FOR WASHING.| appointed distributors in Western TON ANDO OREGON FOR NEW Washington for the Miller “High a Power” Carbureters, the Miller Av Grant A. Mark as president, and ‘ation and Racing Motors, togeth R. B. Mark as vice-president of er with piston rings and Alloyan the newly organized Pacific Mo- um pistons, manufactured by the tors, Incorporated, announced last Week, the securing of the Harroun line for Washington and Oregon. Quarters have been leased in the former home of the Oakland, at East Pike and Belmont. The company has been assured of deliveries by the first of April The appearance of the car {ts await with much interest by the pub- ic The Harroun made its first ap pearance at the New York and Chicago Automobile shows whore ft received much favorable com- ment. The J. W. Leavitt Company secured the car for California and after much competition the North- west was secured by the Pacific Motors, Inc. | Alterations on the building are | service will be rapidly nearing completion and by many who use the Miller Carby bas sisting of Roy W the past five years has been tributor for the McFarland tn pany is to be taken car Glenn Walker siderable experience tn Los les, San Fran with ple. ing man, having raced his own cars with considerable success. same people. The Miller just Corbett Georgia and Florida The service work of who has the Master Carbur The latter is an old been Incorporated, Carbureter company con who for He also been connected with the Win ton factory. this eter tim has com- oy Mr. con An co and Seattle with rac A complete supply of parts and the time the first car load arrives | reter. the company will be in a position to distribute them as fast as they negotiated ‘Henry arrive. The Paige Linwood 6-39 it has been given, “The stability in every line Rutenber, Gray & Davis, Hyatt, Gemmer ’ 5 Passenger $1,295 Seattle EAST FIGHT HIGH COST OF GASOLINE MASTER Copyrighted CARBURETER It has become the big gun in this Great industrial war. | Carbureter economy depends | upon how well the low grade fuel We are now getting is broken up Qnd vaporized, The patented fuel distributor of the MASTER does this mechanical | ly. The supply of gasoline enter. ing the carbureter is divided into tiny feta by this distributor—there are anywhere from 14 to 21 jets! in MAST carbureters—-the exact number depending upon the size The MASTER method is a PRE CISION METHOD, It does not rely upon the air There is no uncertainty. To get to the air, the fuel must be broken u; Bee this wonderful carbureter, satisfy yourself of the soundness of its principle, and equip one for trial today. ‘THE MASTER | SALES CO., Inc. 702 East Pike St. Phone East 120 | Most America. And it is a beauty that re From radiator to tail light, there is not a weakness to be found. COMPARE THESE Brown-Sipe-Chapin, i Multiple disk clutch, carbon steel frame The lease on through the roderick, Ine. can justly cls Beautiful Car flects quality Bendix, Rayfield, Goodyear, Firest Roadster $1,295 Seattle. 210. —on tra road, time, standing, Seattle. supplied uality and Beauty aim the title in and ne, to this location was offic: © of PAIGE MOTOR SALES CO. 903 EAST PIKE k or on tour, grade and distance. THE CAR THAT MADE GOOD IN A DAY A Champion in Appearance, Construction, Performance —a consistent performer in competition with the picked cars of the world—from start to finish always in front. —famous at home and abroad as the one out- typically American car. Make Us Prove It— Carload shipments arriving continuously. display at our showroom. Parsons Motor Car Co. Broadway at Union. a sturdy conqueror of the nethened six tnches insur re riding comfort trangely pugh the motor hows ve w changes, belong ctically the same as when th biic and won such a signal place caréom fon to the line d aixteen-val summer. WESTERN MOTOR SALES COMPANY EXPANDING burg of the Western Motor on ¢ report ing by h a contract last ¥ is Weater British company sect Washington Columbt of ¢t nt n and a {istry truck in terrt ution at tachm tory will open up a w to popular the at ast er been rep the Weate At many Truck ewan creasing rn Compan the » kept the plant rur mtinually and { the pl ning at an ¢ Th e had ing the which was thelr origtnal tory—that the increased came as a just reward Mr. Batenburg arted an active campaign to ablish agencies throughout | the new district and almost im- | mediately opened one fn Vancou ver, B.C. with an allotment of | | 15 cars ADJUSTING TIMKEN | WHEEL BEARINGS To adjust Timken bearings in the| front wheels, first put a Jack under the front axle so that wheel ts clear off the floor, next remove the b cap. With y pliers remove ter pin from front of t ar ant rn Salea Company such continuous success attachment in the city terri allotment re ur outer lock nut. A thir k washer comes off next When this is done, grasp one of and with the right pendi rim bac’ w the hab, 1 in a por ular position, grasp the upper { the tire. Work the wheel and forth, In order to detect looseness. When ad-| wheel bear in this i should be able to feel perceptible loosen shake is more than bare! perceptible, tighten up the lock nut a trifle. If there {a no perceptible loose ness, loosen the lock nut about one | jaquarter of a t The wheel should oscillate when you have the adjustment right. Now replace the lock washer, outer lo it and cotter pin. Again grasp the spoke and outer rim of the wheel with both hands and test for perceptibl loceeneas, Tighten hub cap se-| curely and the job is done.—From | Timken Magazine On Fone East 701. ‘NEW SPARK DEVICE STAR—WEDNESDAY, MAR. 1917. PAGE 7 "CAMPAIGN FOR | MEMBERS AT THE mobile Club of Beattie must be tn creased by one thousand in order to fully Justify the action taken by the general March 2nd. mbership Cc m states Mr meeting lL. Mor the Membership committee In order to bulld up the member ship of the Club the has been initiation fee temporarily suspended the *annual dues reduced t Motorists the and $6.00. time will pay which will carry them standing until April 1st, The automob! joining at th annual dues in good 1918. { gether havo b in securing more and better high word, Better than miles per hour have been secur seventy-five Py ‘ automobile owner. n it, with top and winds against unduly severe prosecution and the gas and of! consumption | by petty officials has been waged va Very Heht. One of there! yy automobile clubs, and they have lols will arrive this week and : will be on display for a few dayn,| D&@n Just as energetic in the promo r until it ts delivered to C. D_| cutlon of reckless drivers and oti er offenders, There is no better way for the automobile own his ‘interests in these ways, and to hel to safeguard | oc 1@ & good work already start jm » Club of Seattle. | Tho club offices are open every 'T 18 CLAIMED IT WILL MAKE] week day from 8:30 a A BIG SAVING IN GASOLINE | #8il eve: interested abba {invited to call and familiarize th selves with the activities and 7 of the club. A new spark device which has recently been patented and {a a! President R. M. Dyer of the or proved success {s ainable| anization has Itnitlated me by Seattle auton Crnig| ¥28t different policy for carrying n the work of the club than has have opened a store in|} pen followed. Each of 714% P treet, whi he d ore te chair 5 Seattle and | MAnsh!p of commit fling the various branches of the club's ac eral mix.| Uvities, ax follows: J Rob. smption | @rps, legislative; R. le ATKE laced on| Toads and signa; C. L. Morrt nva vership; Geo, A. Sample, traffic ts police regulations; Frank M. I well, publicity; Don G. Fish t co has|ing; H. W. Treat, automobile re considerable suv ve corps, (Special con tee in gasoline, In fact, ono well for “Preparecness.”) nown autoist tested piiance on his Ford « enables an autol t have b f 65 miles and fe spark always v s car will sumption was two take hills on high the ignit This run was over very muddy! system ts in ord perma and at times the car had|nently relieved of park trou to be lifted out of mud-holes, and! bles. The devic positively goes to show that the saving fire any old plug, m if it in running entirely In the cracked or seoted, and it ts guar ald hay n much higher. anteed not to injure the ignition In “ates to thie the applian stem in any way “<a _ HARVARD STUDENTS IN IN TRAINING | ae Harvard university students are here shown in military training, | using rifles for the first time. The men are drilling at Massachusetts | hall, which was used in Revolutionary days as a barracks by the Con- | tinental troops. WESTERN TRUCK ATTACHMENTS the because Are offering real problems; solution of transportation the secret and suit any form of delivery they are of economy and efficiency | THE WESTERN HAS STOOD THE TEST } No Model C Western Truck Attachment Has Ever Broken Any Vital Part an Axle or TRUCK ATTACHMENTS Have One- Piece Drop Forged inch Spindle and Are Equipped TIMKIN BEARINGS WESTERN Axle Size 1/%x2% With With Western Motor Sales Co., Inc. East 558. Distributors for 904 East Pike, Western Washington and Alaska. inch The Western gives you the superior truck, based on superior quality. Quick sales suggest quick action on your part, Wi today | Dealers AUTO CLUB “The membership of The Auto | ris, newly appointed chairman of| clubs working to | n a strong factor | struggle | HELPFUL HINTS Any purchaser of a low-priced car can add considerably to ite value as well an ite appear by the ex penditure of a very little money and perhaps several hours of time. The same ady ara running up as high as the thousand-dollar class This does not mean buying and in stalling auxiliar any kind th all times little things which are slighted even in Kome of the thousand-dollar cars, | ich annoyance CARE OF THE CUSHIONS the spplies in many case to a we are optional at and wh KOON CauBE cush Look over upholstery cand see that por jsta a You sometim find th Jin @ new car, and they quite sure to develop tn a few are onthe in any case jin done | with tacks, espec | jcorners, and these work out very is built only as a apoedster and te | ways, They have fought againet| Ooi, tt im often ponaible to nave & apeedator in every sense of the! every unfair taxation almed at the|trouble later by getting after a sin early et can be put in a gle dropped stitch Sometimes ar corner that will effectually prevent furthe ipping. Reinforcing the ‘ ne around the fasteners will ave KO ugly ® later H nove the fastener, cement a round patch of soft leather, suc ne an glove, over the spot, and put the fastener by kain, Use a waterproof cement or the patches may come ‘loose in the first rai storm If the body squeaks, as many ¢ it is p Tightenin probaly ably working on the fraine all the bolts wi body 1 up and raise fw to loosen ther the body a h Put pleces ¢ tween the fran side of and tigh All jay painfu into actual of Whi om th thick and the each ix ame It be and s bolt 1 bodies ge time dull in a short after the it service true fairly 1 cars as beaut a good painter e him give it coat of high-grade coach and give bim plenty of time to dry in good shape. way te This should not more than $10 for a job, and it will Your « look new has become dull and suabby, unies «e is one o always ke his ea! polished. The coat of real coach »king well for r aa, ut it will make it much ea r to keep clean. STARTER TROUBLES Cold and gelatinous oi! around the pistons and on the bearing sur. faces make cranking with the elec | trie starter decidedly more difficult than under normal cirenmstances. The owner is apt to accuse the *tarting motor or some part of the system, but the real Hes tn jthe thickened oll. There are two |common remeties. Oue is to get heat to the cylinders, sc as to thin the ofl, and this can be done by pouring hot water into cooling ». Another Is to crank the en by hand a few tines, so the pistons When t hickens, as above mentioned. starting system may act very much as tho the battery wore almost ex hausted. The cold thicken the off in the gearbox and rear axle also May cause the owner some con. cern. Gear shifting, when the car leaves the garage, requires more than the usual amount of effort, and it may be found that the gears ap. |parently are “stuck A few min utes’ running in one of the speeds should be sufficient to thin the lu bricant so that the gears may be snifted proper! TIRE CARE IS NECESSARY } Recently in talking over upkeer costs for automobiles, H. B. Wil |bur, manager of the Tyre Shop Jhad this to say about tire upke “Our compan be of very | material help to autoists controlling nse oon the question careless man |quently says, ‘Never mind you tires. Ar good repair man, how ever, knows from the experience of his customers that care and at tention, given in time, save not only expense but considerable time and worry.” TIME TOO VALUABLE An Irvington peddler, who had toes his wagon, worth Lady,” he said, “I |to slice my potatoes." woman some la for asked a pota dime's can't afford Thin that haven't stamps. gone up: “a a Truck? Here portunity that is a to you shouldn't overiook 134 Ton Kelly Used—In Fine Condition $1250 bargain—an op make money— Other good used Trucks, in Af condition, at prices from $ up. Used Passenger Cars, too, Geo.L. TrotterCo. AUTOMOBILES East 612 Pine and Bellevue * or accessories of but by doing some of the Too much upholstering ally at the FOR MOTORISTS AUTOS—TRUCKS—ATTACHMENTS The Most Beautiful Car in America Pai PAIGE b SLL Zd World’s Parson P , ccKSs 1%, 2, 2%, 3%, GRAMM gion FOWLER’S = pitecist tc 227 sate. Cave AUTO TRAILER 0% Kast Mike St serke t FOWLER'S GARAGE & MAC Hine Wonks ige Motor Sales C mpany one Champion Motor Car Models Now on Display in Our Salesroom 50 BHrondwi Motor Car Co. ete. Write 1414 Hromdway _MOTORCYCLES pe Henderson cople who owning CYCL VERNON & SON, AGENTS 1110 Pike St. to the kind of would not consider ordinary MOTOR- all, They appeal an at ze TIRES— ACCESSORIES—REPAIRS _ Pacific Auto Supply Co. Hot- Spark Ig Automobile Electricians nition Co. SERVICE STATION FOR EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL Phone East 563 703 E. Pike St THE TYRE SHOP East 914 H. B. WILBUR, Mgr. The world’ FOR THAT TIRE REPAIR 607 East Pike St. “makes cas Uke MASTER 222:"; inca te =r Carburetor eee i wisten SALES CO, THC, ia Swartz & Bridgeman 10-12 Kast Pike se Main 1704, ‘TRADE MARR PEGIETEAED Auto Electric Equipment Co. fa Jub Eliminates olutely ¢ re ference to the w en Ne use more 714% Pike st GET LICENSE NOW | Your automobile leense pired February 28th and be renewed at once. delay in getting out the new ap-| plication Ddlanks, a reasonable ngth of time | been allowed/ ex should Owing to a} As bilee Spark Intensifier you more power, “juice. Come tn and read our guarantee and testimonials, CRAIG, LAMBIE & CO. BUICK SPECIALISTS Deleo startin, hting and ignition. ww Hatteries Recharged. 1524 Eleventh Ave. Bet. Pike and Pine Fast 553 t Sperk Plug Troubles. ny plug that has two points roken porcelain make no dif- ork of the “JUBILEE” you start easier and do t SEATTLE Main 6316 to comply with the law. But the feenses are now due and you should not delay any longer in | getting your application in. The rate provided by the new | motor vehicle law will not affect \applicants for lcenses until June Ist, when it goes into effect. THE VALUE OF A _ USED CAR In Meated by Th the d nee r a Hition 1 HIS INVISIFLE VALUE t ldom ace man's word ndition of and most_relia , bile house We are ne In and selling eact a good many . w ar REDUCTIONS IN PRICE We have made a elisht reduction In price on the following cars A partial list of the we give y you must spend to ar $e Flectri started, $400. started, 5-passen started, 6- | $000 started, 5-passen- $650. started, 5-passen- || $700—A_6-cylinder, 7-passenger car . 6:58 $500 cylinder, %-passenger $a se $750—A d-cylinder, 5-passenger car A 4-cylinder, 7-passenger car $825—A 4-cylinder, 7-passenger car. ie ee $600—Flectrio started roadster $8256—Flect started, %-passen ger car $950-—A G-cylinder, 3-passenger $250 $200-—A good Buick $200-—A good Stu AND $97 A practically new Six, ¥ YOU CAN HAVE. VI PASY TERMS IF YOU RUY Now WATERIHOU BE SANDS CO, WAY SNAPS $700 King four passenger, overhauled and nis is an ex- ROADSTER et R in ey hevro is like new 300d tires. adste y that respect. Terms NORTH PACIFIC OAKLAND CO. 12th Ave, and Pike St, PACKARD 30 ROADSTER Overhauled, covers, cord able rims. repainted, tires, Price . seat demount $750 1916 MAXWELL TOURING mechanical condition. and runs Hike new, +8575 Al Looks Terms Mitchell Motor & Service Co. Corner Pine and Summit Phone East 8413 KISSEL ROADSTER 1915 Kissel roadster, a pow- erful four in perfect condi- tion, Chevrolet Roadster 1916 Model Baby Grand road- ster, like new, Maxwell Touring Maxwell 5-passenger at an absolute sacrifice Studebaker Seven-passenger six, lghts, starter, overhauled and in perfect condition. 1'2 Ton Federal Truck PACIFIC KISSEL KAR BRANCH 806 EAST PIKE Phone East 82 82iisisristiaits AAUREAAL GRAAL bebaedtea i eetibis to 4 ae ass ae ees 34