The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 8, 1919, Page 15

THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919. MOTOR INDUSTRY BOOMS; PRODUCTION GAI PRACTICALLY AL L F ACTORIES Men How Loh F to ndertut tend ot | (TT EVER DR IVE R WHO WIL LACT ° i eG ac Neg coh Se ee a ee torn AS RELIEF FOR CLIFF DURANT, ARE AGAIN ON PEACE BASIS ECetee Bag mre etpiient: traeroy crnena’ into ont wi y 3 OUTPUT TO BE EVEN GREATER ==") AUT OQ ROW |e carrtes LUCK IN ALL POCKETS been shut off by prohibitions against ay E L ES S = imports of hig H 4 IN 4b eddie Pullen, who will be relief Grand Prize. He had found that the motor vehicles BY CHARLES CLIFTON —_[rates. Stil! tho production and aatea| duties, lack of shipping high MR. AND MRs. r r iriver for Clifford Durant in the| spill had not damaged the engine, and ' ¥ . di President National Automobile | of cars and trucks increased at al) freight rates, will increase thelr pur )00 mile Liberty Sweepstakes that he could straighten the frame, Chamber of Commerce most an unprecedented rate, until chases of American cars and truck s y 31, has had ue ex-|put in a new front and rear axle War, with its trials and tributa-|!88t year, when there was enforced | whic h have won favor in field RATTLE BY BUZZ A. F. Hawkinson Molds the Rein Fastin in his 1 cares ind be ready to race. Photographs tiona, is over, and the automobtte in. | CUrtllment | where formerly the products of I ) TATTLE has a fairyland—and hou MANY! ‘Over w Business That Grew Pullen is the only driver to have| taken of the car as it plunged thru dustry ts concentrating its attention |.. Manufacturers took advantage of |rope dominated, Automobile and of you realize it? It is a magic land of| 7 S won an American Grand Prize race! the fence, show that it was at the on the immediate future—it is look. | {* recent lull to put into effect im-| truck ma are studying the ex S shotowe and mote Faiiod 1 th Nothing to Something with a car made in this country,| ame time one of the most peculiar ing forward. not back. Every of.| Pfevements in car and truck mod-| port situation and laying plana to 3 he iotor apy enances, ane he - scoring in 1914 at Santa Monica in| accidents, for the driver and mee MEI Getne made to “get back ase Worked out by thelr eng inergase thelr foreign re spirit is one of cheerful welcome for all who| Meet Mr. A. F. Hawkinso 1) a Mercer chante came thru unseathed, when Pabidty os puesinte to its accustomed | @Uring the past year, to reor Normally the production and sale enter the portal lovers of good motor care, and learn| When Pullen won the Grand Prize | the pictures show the car seemingly peacetime activities. To do this, it| lr distributing and dealer or-/ of motor vehicles in thin country 11 It is called Automobile Row, and it lies |" About the reepectty ues of | he surprised the racing world, Two| ready to fall on them. can! or 0 feel or parket con. | creased an @ 0 pe cen " 1 - mes . man ya previously ne fh shaken Eddie always a b' is necessary, however, to consider | & miantiona, 00 feat oe Gateec-anien [tebe “ My t 40 per t somewhat east and north of the Totem Pole. | ager of the United Motors compar Ss Guan tee & : “ee : era $° Iw attributed his escape he affects of the war and its sud-| Utions and forecast the future sales | yea N 1918 and 1916, the pa F ¢ y. | han , 1 on wha nown | to the fact that he was carrying ene . probabilities anc erally to clean ne tone 5 a ‘or an afternoon of unalloyed delight, we| Mr. Hawkinson has built up, in 4) as Dead Man's ‘Turt of his baby den termination on this particular | Probabilities and @enerally te r ear increase was 50 and yea turn, baby's shoes on his steering: om business and the public | NOUS? Preparatory to a new start. "1 nt, respectively, but in 101 have but one prescription: Start up Pike rand a {'s time musiness | Monica course, with the d wheel, and from that day to this he on business and the public “xy pew t : i employing 25 men, and handling | o¢ » Vanderbilt cup race. ‘1 as never starte and on sales possibilitics Already in Production to IT per cen and la or Pine and get an eyeful of the mervel-\ (rere © a a : ? pene ro 4 r, in the Vanderbilt cup rm hos never started a race without ft y, the automobile trade is ar there was a decrease of near ous motor cars on display ut do not stich 5 sph elle ad ruck | car came into the turn too fast,| Pullen got his training with the late “it nev sould ve Manufacturers are getting t 40 per cent Pik the 4 STICK | lines, besides being Washington dis-| «kidded and crashed thru the fence Hughie Hu who drove the first Sheen to ite catiane Siaeibnte 1 production of both passe: | Shortage of 700,000 Cars to Pike or Pine, for every cross street is a\trivut mold tire, | after it blew a tire. ‘To the uniniti-| wirewheeled race car in an India iiiiitsrers ana dedlere bad * are and trucks more quickly than] 1 oh4 normal increase had t bustling hive of automobile activity, and} 7 ’ ight, the Roamer, | ated it looked lke hopeless pile| polis 600-mile event, hie Meseee been Donseaned ‘of more than ordin. | ™Msht have been oxy A, urged On| maintained thruout this foury for fear of missing, perhaps the one some=| {°° ig sgpetag ne Por fer bal baie entry of 1913, and Hughie as er etgeess In the growth by the desire to provide continuous | ™Aintained thruout this foursyear| 4 +1 soe wit stamp itself on your mind, Lou must wander| erate ihe, care distributed, and) Pullen and his mechanle were| all the tricks of the trade. Tt Gifs employment of their forces of t ar woul rt . 1¢ demands of any motor car buyer! thrown out, but escaped with| ford Durant turns the wheel of his Special over to Pullen @urs prosperity of th i States, | | employes, who confronted | "@¥e be approximately 2,2 freely and fully thru every part of this qwonderful district. | « met at a price of from| bruises. They towed the wrecked " ne utomo! 4 instead « 0 00. o a @ utility of the autom with the danger of belt rown ¢ Jon Of. In thin day and age every town, tube repair outfit to a luxurious ar to 96.4 An these makes | car to their camp and started tear 6, the fan sce setae ‘motor truck and in their ov pitit 1,044,754, and ther ‘ > re popul iging fi t » the fans will pat 2 ¢ work temporar during t bh ne and city has an auto row, but there practical all-weather top there ‘ pular, judging from the "| ing it to pieces, The morning of the | spectacular drivin, as business men built about 700,000 more heets 1 > . 5, and the ofem winter as 0 result of suspension Of/ V6) actually made. & is & wonderful differen pwns | range of new things the . ie aFe on | necortd day, Pullen faced the starter ers will know that the boy from: War Gloom Quickly Dispeticd war work ne a Ix 8) and cities, and prospe Seattle | ist that will warm the « . immediate de- | and romped home winner of the} Je is back in the # pel ‘ 7 apparent shortage of liveries can usually be made, In peed samaay During the past fall and early Most of the truck makers run F has an auomobite row that in point heart even to the bursting pol oth : : — - - " i. p rch anes wate 9 the Roamer alone six different color ears. * i. one “ 0 , of size and beauty of buildings # pocketbook winter, circumstances over which For the year 1919 there shc . od bis pockets finishes are ready for inspection the Industry had no control, such as| some, in ao at an my 4 rate) « potential market for 0 cars ra bag ypr to The s The tire men have their sales-| “susineas started off with a rush the shortage of material, restricuons 91 m8 tow. S but not more than half of thie num. |(Mftuence of the moor ty *\room arranged practically and in ®| the day the strike started,” says Mr, | © of the war industries board and the ree ~ ‘ae ‘Tr re rabsceced ber will be produced, in all prob- d + gay bests ths 1 mont modern way to show the a4-| Hawkinson, “and has been exc “sudden suspension, curtailment and % om See maw fet} abillty, and by summer many per. | 4 ea Pen laggy ome i® | vantages of their various Unes. Bat-| tional ever mince. We shave deli ancellation of war taxed sona will be wanting care who Will | frurstery bulldinus devoted tery ne stations» are plentiful, | ered 30 cars in the past $0 days, and this optimism severely, ‘ Erciek as aaate of 9a ry sei h - wom @ a r where aimort every recognized make | many salen will be definitely closed Period tended to conver a If there are ne untoward |#el¥es With machines that have al- | ty > - eatness ne firm are of battery in sold and recharged.|at the automobile show ym; but this period, like the . tt the tndtetry shoaia | Teady been in service too long and | trow none ett te te ry ee HOR: | Garagen, repair shops, body bullding| “We will exbibit one model of war, is drawing to a close. ee eee uid | should go to the junk dealer. pm inl aegedinnrenetiap Rie sre Bete sonia ablishments, vulcanizing plants » line, and will have a display Bt has been remarked within the |S running on nearly {ts normal/" 7). teed car market on display are not at all ur elaborate accessory stores, automo-| second to none. Our varied line en: that “some guardian ange! | >“s!* With thelr usual optimiam, the to watch over the automobile dre Dus omobil manufacturers view present. unset.|@red thousand automobilists who * It is recalled that the have gat alone ¢ ed in this city on automodt < 4 myriad other | have built our business @ foun : led coi 0 > ene “ © got along during the war with ,uto top factor: nd myriad oth ir business on & foun . 7 jomobile industry was tho first to | ted conditions thruout t their old care. will want new cars| YoU may be very sure to find ali branches of the allied industry are { service. ‘The ‘Thermoid Seattle members of the NATIONAL STORAGE lee tte equilitciam after the aad. the civilized world aa ly thin season. Boye With the Aimer: |the lines that have any reputation |to be found on every hand . things, as BATTERY EXCHANGE are greatly enthused over shock of the financial panic of a can army, who have learned to drive |8t_8U. and the dealers handling the) For the man or firm who {# com. | the m € t more free the Permalife System. They now realize what it 2907, that the National Automobile | “Y great activity and prosper fs Wil foul different linea found thelr business | ing ary | # , we get fr boosting . “ in industry commerce {i cars, will feel they must have ma ng tor » more strongly ever means to be relieved of battery troubles WBhow in New York, which ¢ aay, d commerce in the | chinew for private use when they | the basis of service, and carry | day . ertaon of the | drive Ve stand back of our tires bills y s and repair ‘eoincident with that crash o Gis nee ly affected by the | BAve been honorably discharged and full stocks of parts for the conven. motor truck » solving of the ! ame manner as we do b . mt PRtock Exchange, verved, during the | fies trae ly a a by the) returned to remunerative employ. |!¢nc® and protection of their own-| hauling quent! there are motor| the cars uf a trucks we sell, and are When you purchase a PERMALIFE BATTERY we mucceeding week, to dispel th . “ ment ers, In fact, the word “service” has) truck models of every co vabl to back up fully any claims ssume the res sibili . ills y that engulfed the industry, and to xpect Big Export Business ic me the watchword of the Seat-| make, from the light haifton deliv.|¥° Make for them hate to le TeRDCR ANY 20 ie ie Sane Festore a large measure of confi-| This feeling Is justified on the eI : le automobile fraternity ay ct 6 he hele Gevaneie eng Shae : dence in the business world | ground that world stocks of fo FORD ENTERS TIRD FERLD the man or woman’ who al-| monster for the most gruelling of LOTS OF CARS We have a battery to suit your car. All other ‘The shock that unsettled the world | clothing, t¢ and various DETROIT, March §.—Henry Ford) ready owns a car the trip thru the! transportation work, Skilled -sales 27,870 more motor vehicles || Makes of batteries charged and repaired. when the great war broke out mere 4 must be re-| is now making rubber tires for his © district will be franght| men are ready to figure out ba ‘ sna ‘tn: the etate ct Was i iy jarred the automobile industry | ph be ng and high-| cars. The Ford Motor Co, has built 1: ereater Interest, for what! problems for any line of busin ut its weary length it bore mor ded for ral years, and|and is producing tir h a #mall then th ht of ‘som te a Wonder epet. Perk ! 4x show that 127,870 motor ve- vie a om rome 8 a wonder spot. Perhaps you will | recd at 127,87 , Wily upon the industry—as for-| mt r that railroads| scale. Only « few tires have been | sory for hia car that will add com.|be Interested In taking @ weekly |hicles are operated as against 100 State Distributors Peign markets wero shut off by im abi that the ship.) made to date, but plans call for the| fort or convenience to his week-end trip to this modern fairyland with | 042 in December, 1917 es total 703 East Pike East 563 Pert prohibitions, increased tariffs, | bu’ program will be continued | extensive manufacture when ed dally r t a9 an ore add aily run to and fr he # auto editor, and with him | $875,291.25, an increase of more than | lack of shipping and high freient und t that farm production must go/| tional facilities are secured em = eller n Pewsothgbee ting 1s have to go without or content them has been pretty well cleared*up. s®veral hur While not every passeng ar bile insurance offices, motor car|ables us to fill any requirements or truck manufactured is represent:| painting shops diator experts,|the prospective purchaser, and we new idea in a viniting the individual firma who go y, r_the previous year NATIONAL At the Automobile Show At the Automobile Show EXHIBITING AT THE SHOW IN BOOTHS NUMBERED 23, 24, 25 : ’ a | W@THE-ALL £ - : hat in be- 4 : 4 : We believe that in “ AMERICAN t | The final test of NA coming the owner of a TIONAL goodness is in LIBERTY you will sim- its long-lived, continuous ply confirm your own . impressions and the kind service. Proof of that words you have heard ; ; | P you can get from NA- about its goodness. / j TIONAL owners. van dl C. H. SHTELDS “ARE GOOD ~ Your preference for a LEXINGTON begins to assert itself the moment it dawns on you what a distinct difference there is in the way the LEXINGTON rides and drive LEXINGTON SHIELDS-LIVENGOOD At the Automobile Show At the Automobile Show