The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 22, 1919, Page 8

STAR—SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1919, ger Be PONT ~_ Apperson Anniversary Model in Volunteer Park and brimming praise for You Wilt Feel Better After Reading Ability to Handle Customers’ De- i and Sashes nwt : Tota, bot Don't Light a Match in marie W i Ke w Vital Feature of * P = - r y mene he 0 Season first and second, re: Se: z ‘ fae | eee mente Morice od ire The neceasity for fuel conserva) “Thin | male, W. 8. Dulmage return tion has brought the subject of gas. | service oline very prominently before us, prospective vd owe tend nah ee making it a frequent tople for « Bands : h cussion, says William H. Stew partment, I Been surely put the Chev jr, the wellknown automobile en. | pany the map stronger than neer, ‘The fact has impressed tr The nersice end has alway Dutmage, “and the rave, that very few pe know it# most | important fatal accident of Walter simple propertics. very one knows eral r Sub. titute driver in car t how powerful it in ang how dange to be remembered by ous, but few know how wate it | in buying the good fortune to see and how properly to handle and) ear, the store It chase in a buat Me It ie generally known (yet eax that to get p line is derived from crude petroleum | yestment he will hay by & process of distillation, Ot products are kerosene, lubriost oils and greases, and parattr used about an automobile it he no color of ite own it bole at temperature from 116 degrees to | degrees Fahrenheit, depending cn the grade, It is componed of tw euch dissimilar elements as. hydre The latter in ta muider w us in the form cf ehurroal and hydrog: ie 4 gas, One Of the ennatituents of water, It it 9 16 markable fact that two such cic ments ax hydrogen and carbon should combine and form @ sub nce with none of the character ‘elles of either of them. ‘The dangerous nature of ganollce io weil kno All that will be nm AS es HAN Coy: : THE SEES CHEVROLET TEAM WIN RACE ||YES, | of enthusiaam for the Chev- with the year when the equipment will count tu mays PW de. | wners wer of the auton Waterhouse mar anh com been | but from now on for sev avons it will be of greater im: | portance a truck or passenger purchaser the pur . who finished first Special, made the re time of 81.25 miles an covered the 260 miles in 4 minutes and 45 seconds, M2 all the way, winning $4,000 Hearne, also driving a Special, and Durant's Ate, finished in second place, i in an average of 78.2 miles Tt was a cleanout victory "the gen and carbon. #@ Chevrolet at every turn of eS ” care of his truek that he will unde from edly have to to time repairs spare parts well as to have taken care of promptly and efficient ly time necesnary vw truck or a purchase When purehs " the buyer makes the with the intention of making goed! use of it, He wants to keep it in even after parts are worn out, replacing necessary, and having adjustments made as required | The expects to buy parts] and to pay for these parts, repairs | and adjuatm He looks at it good deal e as the ¢ r of any other property, An apart ment house owner would not think of building @ new one if only the roof necded repairs, nor would the ear service rome such parts as repairs and right, Cliff Durant. Relow, » making a rightangle ‘This Apperson eightcylinder model is being very favorably received in Seattle by lovers of fine motor cara, All Appersons are bullt complete in the Apperson factory, and are delivered to the owner completely equipped in every detail, even including an extra wire wheel and cord tire. Three colors are available. F. L. Kimball, ” president of the Kimballdiorn Motor company, was with the Apperson factory for many years, and his hobby exhaust will not set fire to the va por; put out all openfiame lights, such a# kerosene or acetylene, pre | Vent spilling, as the vapor may eas ily be ignited as voon as the engine ia started. Gasoline should be stored in an underground tana, since it l# always 001 and the fire danger is complete ly removed, the ing no case on fecord where an underground tank has exploded. Stnail quantities may ve kept in a case in a well ventilet ef place, The can shoud not be air taht, but should allow some vapor to escape in order to avoid danger ous pressure, As this vapor is ex ceedingly dangerous it must be car ried off as fant as formed by thoro ventilation, If allowed to amu late, thie vapor sinks to the floor jand only needs a flame to give a) disastrous explosion On the other hand, gasoline tn ex owner of a manufacturing plant buy 1 new engine if only some parts of it were worn out or broken. “AU deal © in buwinews to well trucks and passenger cars, but too many overlook the selling of service. After we have made a ale, we feel we have added 4 permanent cus tomer to our list and if we do not hold him we can blame no one but ourselves Parts will wear out have to be overhauled whether trucks or passenger cars, will need some attention, to rendef the service expected of them by own ore” care will! n@ all cars, LIPSKY JUBILANT OVER FAGEOL LINE “The Vageol line of trucks and tractors is going to be a winner for is wervice to owners. DON’T WORRY ABOUT GAS Wise Men Have Found Out That the Supply Will Last Quite a White That at the present rate of con sumption, the time is not far distant when the visible supply of crude oll will be exhausted, that, in a great meanu the world must look to the supply to be extracted from whale rock, of which there is an al moat inexhaustible supply in Colo rado and Utah, was the important statement made by F. BE. Moskovics, vice president and general manager of the Nordyke & Marmon Co., dur ! of @n engine that will make this new | fuel propel a car two miles, instead of one on the same amount of fuel. I may say that the leading lights in the engineering field are already at work on this problem “The problem is not one of car- buretion—it is a matter of distribu Uon of fuel In the cylinders, and the “es the number of cylinders, the r the task.” two new models had appeared in England, said the Marmon official. One had @ disappearing top and an- other had disappearing ures. He. believed these were passing fancies, and would soon go the way of fads, uch ideas only increase the weight of 4 car, and weight that is net necessary in a thing the automobile manufacturer is learning is some thing to be avoided. It ts for thie reason that we employ aluminum so. extensively in the manufacture of the Marmon.” YOU WOULD NOT SPRINKLE YOUR LAWN WITH A FIRE HOSE | tremely safe when properly handled. It can not be set on fire by the light ed end of & cigar or cigaret. An electric spark or « naked flame is required for thin, Many a car hay been burned by having a burning match toused under it or near it The heavy vapor from the gasoline, right figure, and negotiations will) porfectly invisible, creepa aioug Un be conducted from a standpoint of| ground, where it lies waiting such an fair dealing and mutual satisfaction. | accident } My sales staff in the used car de-| Contrary to popular opimion. 8 | ¢ature that material! the lines that a satisfied customer | vapor ia mixed with alt in explosive {Ett Detter tire mileage by almost 100| third in other parts of the worid because of the Fageo! spring Might now this country t# using an- Le per cent fo the best advertionment. rarer Sone ne eee ton jotting wyatem, which lemsens road | nually in exceas of production about that it can not explode. When any "ock* and consequently tends to) 10,000,000 barrels, #0 one may ai FREE DOCTOR » |prevent the ordinary cutting of a| most count on his fingers when the Eee ie ee hat ic ia nesely (tuck tire. This spring oiling sym | total supply will be exhausted,” he Bs-Geverameat Fbycician ; | tem, which keeps the «prings con- impressively stated. leak ‘with perfect safety. on the) stantly lubricated, also greatly re| “However, we need have no worry PEP IS LOST IN MODERN MOTORS excelient as our automobile en. Rew are, some engineers do | “Holland, tn harboring the kaiser, the Mitchell Motor and Service! ing hin recent visit to Seattle as « jcompany,” eays Carl Lipsky, mana’! guest of the automobile department ger of the truck sales department the Frank Waterhouse Co. Mar "From inquiries, both personal and|mon dealers. by mail, that we have recetved since! “Geologists, who have the ground announcing the taking on of the line, well mapped, piace the visible sup we know that the Fageo! is well and) piy of crude ofl at about 14,000,000. favorably known in our territory. 000 barrels. When I may visible, 1 nd we anticipate a fine year's bust | mean producing wells and field» that | new. are subject to more development “Fageol trucks have one distinct | One-third of this supply in located in affects oper the United States, another third in YOU WOULD USE A SPRINKLER TO GET EFFICIENCY AND RESULTS THE MASTER CARBURETOR “Manager Harry Austin is behind Oakland com-| me fm any statements I make, and | Manager of the used car {# a8 anxious as I am to see none but satisfied customers among the/ “I think I know what a used car should sell for, after having traded them in for over 10 years on new The price will be set at a 1811 FIRST AVE. or 169 WASHINGTON ST. RIGHT DRUG CO. STORES Leek fer the Free Decter Sign. | duces crystallization of all parts of in regard to the fuel situation, for |the truck because it softens the road|the bureau of mines, by thoro re vibrations.” |nearch work, has found a substitute | for the crude that we ‘now secure by drilling—and that is crude ex- tracted from shale that is found in) immense deposits in Colorado and not hesitate to say that they are fur is being loyal, she says, to her tra-|Utsh, So far, this cannot be extract: from as efficient an they should be. ditions, But jan't she being too|ed and placed on the market at re- and might, be, in the use of fuel. If | joyalt”’ | tail at a figure leas than 50 cents the | improvements can be effected in this| ‘The speaker was Chairman Hurley,| gallon. The problem that faces the | direction, they will be duly apprect: | of the shipping board. He went on: automobile engineer is the evolving | ted; but the question ariess wheth: | “Flottand, in her auspicious loyalty, | er the perfected engine will require reminds me of a story. A certain! 2 any more skill to operate it than the /man went out in his automobile and Red. of manufacturers has been that time came, and still he hadn't their designs are “foolproof,” and/turned up. The small hours—and no ae ad bagged not Very | sign of him. complimentary to ti customers, | o ee con ‘a comsiderable per |o,, Then the man's wife, frantic, sent centage of the driving public; and the splendid record of the modern car bears witness to the truth of the makers’ claims. There are undoubt- ediy many engineers who already know how to build a better engine, but are deterred from the attempt by the fear that they would not be |properly handied. On the other hand, the very reliability of the mod ern engine maken the average owner indifferent to all technical problems of operation, and even to the proper care of his machine GEORGE WAS THERE A. F. HAWKINSON, Mgr. ; E. Pine Street Your Tires Have Several Lives and they’ll live them if you'll protect them. Just as the fabric begins to peep thru, have them Gates “Half- Soiled.” When the fabric is good, there’s no reason why they won’t wear out two or three “Half-Soles” at an average mileage of 7,500 miles per “Half- Sole.” Guaranteed 3,500 miles. Puncture-proof. Cost half as much. works on the sprinkler principle. The feed dis- tributor with its large number of small nozzles, ~ each spraying its charge into the air, forms a per- | fectly uniform mixture with no waste. Why send the gas into your engine through a single jet when you know the Master to be right in principle? “MAKES GAS LIKE DYNAMITE” MASTER ELECTRIC CO. 703 E. Pike St. State Distributors. East 563. off telegrams to his six bes! friends, | all worded the same, nam: “Ia George passing the night with | your | “Well, George turned up at break- fast in a farm wagon. He had had) an accident in the depths of the wil derness, Oh, George had @ horrible time, truly: | “As he recounted his adventures and devoured ham and eggs, the maid brought tn on a silver plate six telegrams that had arrived simul taneously. George's wife opened and aan acest read them one by one. They were all FOR A FAT MIXTURE worded alike. Each said: If mixture is thought to be too| “ ‘George passed the night here,’” }lean, pull up slightly on the coca — ae on the dash. This gives HOW'S THE MIXTURE a richer mixture. If engine speeda| A simple way to test the mixture | up it shows too lean a mixture and|from your carburetor is to press low speed adjustment should be/| open the auxiliary air valve slight jopened until engine runs properly,|ly. If the engine speeds up it shows Of course, the “choker” should be| that the mixture t# too rich. Throt | returned to its usual position, tle down and clone low speed adjust- ———. _ —@# ment slightly. Test again and con- | | When you think of advertising, | | tinue until a slight pressure on aux: | | think of The Star | | iliary air valve does not affect run- | haa RRR ———————-iift ning of engine, but a heavy pres os sure will stop it, : types. A favorite statement failed to turn up for dinner. | To teach British children responsi. | bilities of citizenship, it is proposed | to establish a school parliament by election in every school of Great | Britain, with representative govern: | ment as the keynote of the idea, | NIGHT and SUNDAY BATTERY SERVICE TEMPORARY FRANKLIN (i On Monday, March 24, the Office and Service Sation of the FRANKLIN-WICKS COMPANY ‘Will be in Temporary Quarters at 621 TWELFTH AVENUE: Between East Pine and Olive Streets Telephone connection with our present number, EAST 670, will be established. If not available, call East 1080. This is preliminary to new and much larger quarters in a prominent location, to be later announced. For the few weeks intervening we hope to be able to render all important service in our temporary searters, and thereafter the high class of FRANKLIN service heretofore obtainable will be resumed, and |: We feel assured that Franklin owners, in appreciation of the unusual circumstances, will extend th: i " » eir ‘ usual hearty co-operation. Don't neglect or abuse your bat- We are confident that with the newer, better and larger facilities soon ilabl tery. Drive in any time and let us cars will gain a much larger ownership and service in the brilliant tative. ly oj pA fan ayer test and fill it free, We use distilled FRANKLIN-WICKS CO. wae Think of Your Gasoline Bill When You Buy Your Car Many a dealer tries to take your mind off it while the sale is being made. We don't. We want you to doa lot of careful figuring on it. And we'd like you to do more than figure. Give usa chance, in actual test, to show you the astonishing records of the Briscoe-built economy motor. A Briacoe gallon will take your car a wonderful dis- tance—twenty-six miles and more is an every-day performance. That's because Briscoe engineers devoted years of experiment to the single feature of economy. Ask us to prove it. ’ gen Slanony BATTERIES Diamond Grid Batteries—the best batteries made—are guaranteed in writing by the factory for 18 months —and we keep them recharged and repaired for the period of the guar- antee. Our Battery Service Station is open from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m.—Sun- days and holidays, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Expert service on all makes of bat- teries. Free testing and filling. Mitchell Motor & Service Co. Summit at East Pine. East 8413. BRISCO sf 1621 TWELFTH AVENUE fscrc2" Location Telephone East 670, or East 1080. Philadelphia Storage Battery Depot Detroit Klectric Bldg., 1512 Eloventh Ave. East side of Eleventh Ave., Bet. Pike and Pine Sts. “Diamond Grid Batteries are Best”