The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 17, 1919, Page 15

ie ) condition on short notk ie a * LOOMSBIG ON THE ROW Mosabach Automobile Com. Pany Doing Big Business in Course ef Year's Time; Distributes Trucks | Wholesale | Building up a business of dig! Proportions in one year @ task that few business firms accomplish, Yet the Henry Mossbach Automo bite company, under the direction Of Mr. Mossbach himself prest- @ent, and H. A. Parker sales manager, have done Juet this thing Their growth is regarded Momenal by the wise heads of aute TOW, and have led many to fore Past oven greater things for the or Baniaation Specializing in the Ode of selling ured Parker is considered on the question One MMtringent rules that he has laid @own is that regarding the of the cars that are taken in. No Model dating farther back than ISI6 is accepted, and the greater Part of the cars handled are of the AAT and 1918 vintage. The place of business of the Hen: FY Mossbach company at 616-618 F @ et, might be termed a mina Automobile factory, as under @ one roof are a machine shop, ir shop, a paint shop, a brazing and a tire shop. Any make @f car can be put in the pink of and the large crew of mechanics are all tested men, who give the best that is in them. Henry Mossbach himself devotes the most of his time to the whole male distribution of the Rainier truck line, and tho the name sounds Very familiar, the truck is manu factured at Flushing, New York Distribution of the Rainier is con- trolied by Mr. Mossbach in the States of Washington, Oregon, Mon- Yana and Idaho, and deale are} diy being appointed. The an- Meement of a retail dealer in A le is expected almost daily, @né an extensive publicity cam | paign will then be inaugurated The Rainier is a thoroly stand. @rdized truck, and has won a ster-| ‘ling reputation for itself wherever | it has been introduced. | is as modern meth cary, H. A an authority of the most AUTOS AID ITALY | Italy has §,700 miles of broad. | ik railroad and $070 miles of over which a regular service is run to time tables. This big Gevelopment of motor passenger Searrying and good services is large Ty explained by the {act that ly is a mountainous country in railroads can only be built | difficulty, Most of the main [ Failroad lines follow the coast, ‘Heaving the center of the country! “Bndeveloped. This defect has been | died by the creation of motor} which link up the railroads | Penetrate in the mountainous ta where railroad constru is costly. | } search Engine Troubles--the Way to Correct and Avoid Them BY WARREN B. BULLOCK (Former Captain, Motor Transport Corps, U. S. A.) Nine men out of ten who operate automobiles have to do if the know whether nission, and the not the first idea in the world as to what engine goes wrong. Half of them do not the trouble is in the motor or the trans average man who drives his own car doe ot particularly eare to know much about his machine, except how beat the “speed cops” if he gets on a good bit of road, Some may say that this is exaggerated, and will deny that any one can operate a machine and not care to know the inner workings of its heart and lungs. But the fact remains that the average driver of a motor vehicle only wants his machine to be in shape to get him where he is going. This attitude, however, {* impor sible in a motor transport organt tion, for the driver has not on © driving of his car, but th maintenance and care of the v to responsible for. Further more, he is expected to get where he is going, and without calling on 4& garage for any little difficulty that comes up when the machine is on the road, and thin need for knowing his car is particularly important if he operates on the open country highway, where/cranking the engine to test there ain't no such animal” ts ap-| strength the spar plicable if a fepair man handy Fourth The r is desired. too rich, It & What's Wrong? engine and av When your engine begins to balk | Priming and tent at do you do? Take a chance |°Y¥linder Is too hot, the first the ignition, then look at|M4ve burned away fron the off, then try the gas? jtings, causing If there is engine trouble, there} af oe ee ifth Test the just one way to run it down! sire that the spark and that is to systematically hunt) oi0 oe the compres for it, not hit or miss, but by a Pear re hes process of elimination, as the doc the gee tor says when he goes guuning for | gay nommended a dalky appendix ing trouble in the One of the army publications on | “W., trying motors has this pat phrase on this} ,.../ “When an engine falls to start) 4 readil the cause may be found tn most cases if a regular method of is followed, instead of the hit or mis method of looking first one place and then another, and tampering first with the carburetor, hen the magneto, then the wires, and so on without any definite pian. “If the engine ts to run tt must take into its cylinders an ex-j|, plosive mixture, the mixture must be ignited by a good spark produc- ed at the right time, and the valves must operate that t burn: products are expelled the cylinders properly to make room for new Incoming mixture If these functions are performed are oe properly, the engine will always‘ and this simply don y run. closing the circuit on the battery Official Rules jside of the = distributor. Here mite a Cll vaste tor | *=™in it is wine to try the breaker hunting engine trouble, to take the |f."\" the ‘coll, and in either place of the above recommended |i: \, vine te monks : method of what not to do: First: Make certain of the com tribe | The ignition difficulty may be tn pression, | eratix that all pr y eras a few the engin Mi | alon cylinders Do and r are op thin 1 time coking against each ¢ res- Second: Prime each eylinder not much, but with too This by perimenting with arb Bo careful n © woot if the eng in hot Third: Try the nnec wire with thar enougt ras. is surer ox iretor h ga spark, by from a plug dis. und the ting a of xt may be flood t open t If the easy to id this cups may the platon on leak of compression may r ts stroke th tests are the Unele hunt ignition ble ts iriver down tt of will ¢ alition difficulty be trac points the engine ymparatively back of t of why the en With the bigh the tracing of thru the tribut and the awiteh to the circult breaker whos: | points may b ed or burned frozen not umneto on back bring tt r they m proper « een separator aft Electrical Troubles a bate is to from Tn prot not t ¥y ignition seter’ current whether or th on the ayeter certain that t r is clean and a SIX so completely meets the pearance, price, economy, room, Watmetand apead thet it es bees called “the ideal five - passenger car. Its lines are clean cut and aris- tilting windshield and arrange- ment in. making the general the car distinctive and beautiful. The this car is’ evi by the thou- on sands of letters from enthusiastic : owners. Come in and let us give you a demonstration, is what your battery will have if we recharge We have the best equipped battery serv- it. ice station in the Northwest. the best? Service on all makes of batteries. We use distilled water testing and filling. only. Open 8 A. M. to 9 holidays, 9 A. M. to 1 PHILADELPHIA STORAGE BATTERY DEPOT 1512 Eleventh Avenue, Seattle East Side of 11th Ave, between Pike and Pine Sts. PHONE EAST 6 the spark plug. many driver jafter trying a plug by cranking the machine with the plug lying open on the top of the cylinder, fail to appreciate that a plug which tests successfully in this manner, may not operate properly in a cylinder under compression. To make t test certain, when a cylinder is not j} Working properly, it is a good check on the plug to change it to |a cylinder which has been working I property. If the good cylinder then jfalla to function, the difficulty ts immediately located in the plug | The determination of what cylin- jder is missing, if one ts known [be In trouble, ie by short-circuiting one cylinder after and ltesting the comparat! force of the explosion with and without the |short-ctreuit at the plug These suggestions, complied experts particularly for Uncle Sam's motor fleets, are the simple solutions of many a driver's diffi- culties. They are not a solution of all problems, but they de com- |prise the simpler difficutties, and the simpler solutions. | (Copyright, 1919, by } Sullock.) and of quality, ap- Warren B ae |NEW NATIONAL MODELS SNAPPY “While present indications lto the convertible sedan the most popular models in the |National line in this locality, a | snap two-passenger roadster, [with the lines and « rn ing car; and a smart four-paasen- are making numerous explained C. H. Shi! ident of the Shields-Livengood Motor Co. "The - two-passen jwhich was first she t Chic Jearly this year, is motored by the | National 12-cylinder airplane type ngine and is geared up to a speed of 75 miles per hour Wire wheels Jand cord tires are standard equip ment, while special color combinations are desired the majority of purchasers. This roadster is a haughty de- ascendant that long line of rac- ing cara that ms National famous in the reali exhd barking competition. The high radiator and massive hood are symbolic of triumphant power and }unfailing stamina, while speedway spurts are instantly associated with the graceful lines of the wasp tall. "A novel feature is the seat chn- struction. The back is hinged, making the generous carrying com- [partment in the rear deck |bie, Storage space is provided for a lightweight khaki top, which lean be raised or ed by the driver, quickly and easily, while he is # ed at the steering wheel. | “The National phateon is another |model of rakish appearance. The | body lines are straight, but not se- vere, and the body wall is un- usually low, so that the car hugs | the road closely.” point as one of detail of the seats all blend impression satisfaction of road of unt acceasi- here lowe Why not get Free BATTERY WIRES The inside of copper wire of the sort used for battery connections |frequently corrodes until it is com- | pletely eaten thru, when It parts and a short-circuit results, This ltrouble is caused by the sulphurte lactd gas in the cells, accentuat |by the damp air about the batter If the wires are coated at and around the terminals with cup |grease, the copper will be tively protected, from the | fumes. ON DRIVING TRUCKS Don't drive too close to the jedge-trimming is a fine institution lfor pie crusts, but too expensive for truck tires, P. M.; Sundays and P. M. eftec- acid to} many | to} by} and distinctive | by | THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 1 } | Ruth St In pe aploen of Denta of th r the le ina whone ttle When asked wh Mina St eagemer reonal tour ing ounds Denis oamer. most popular cars riding au rung up, and tb on the floor wet nm the road, and ea. alition So “Chief ompany wa king Roamer When the trimmings up t Watson at the 4 little ery of delig’ around Seattle ‘KIDS PRAY FOR THE SUN Vostponed Yootloo Skinnay Bike Vienie Will Be Held orrow, if Weather Man Is in Good Humor ed big Roan the Mins nd enje te tomorrow ahiny Seattl It effictent, be a fair me thousand od girly are ather man, whoever naible for na, and prayer will and odd invoking t is re condi effort arbiter of bright or atmospheric their united fe the and storm to lay out 4 an that thie the will a reason beh Tt Jown to the fact Yoo-Hoo Skinnay Bike club hold its first run and plente at ward park, and plans have y laid to make this atponed from last weather, a treat will long linger heen tnitial lew 5 be the k thetr om The Pt f wet hat yor) for in will be made from 9:20, and trained the pace, holding wtart Square at net more to race ow lunch be serv * and of every will be #taged. Valu ready for wi # events, ridera wi the adventur spirite At back park @ and race eacription prizes are re in the var Entry Dianks for the big bieycle aces on May 30 will be inmued at the picnic, and all aspiring speed friends will have the chance to sign for the big contents. ‘QUALITY OF GAS COUNTS Only Straight-Distilied Fuet Can Give Best Results im Starting, Power and Long Mileage High quality gasoline should give jeasy starting, quick and stmeeth ac- jeeleration, dependable . power and long mileage. Only straight-distilied, all refinery fuel can give there re lsults, because only such gasoline by 4 continuous chain of boiling points rixing gradually from the low to the high. It that t percentage of low | These will evaporate and volatilize quic even when the engine is cold. An intermediate series of bol! ling points im necessary for rapid. smooth pickup, but without the low boiling points the vaporization of the intermediate series would be dit- floult For full power and long mileage, even higher boiling points are re quired, These, in turn, would not vaporize were It not for the heat generated by the combustion of the intermediate boiling points. It will be therefore, that a [complete chain is necessary to give eed beat results Combustion starts with the lowest polling points and flashes on thru to the highest, giv ing instantaneous combustion. If one link iw eliminated, the power |chain is broken Only a straight-distitied, all ery gasoline can have this full pow Jer chain. Mixtures always have |holes In the chain. ‘The well-known the essential for easy starting boiling points noon, yw ous chain of b to give easy start long mileage | LIGHTNESS A FEATURE | Lynite Motor in Premier Is Unique, and Marks Big Advance in Con- struction “Weighing only 156 ponnds com- plete, including all bolts, nuts bearings, ete, the lynite motor the Premier is unique and in |respects revolutionaty,” says L. Schaeffer, manager of the Motor Co., who are distributing this high class car in (hie territory “All manufacturers will eventual- ly come to aluminum construction,” continued Schaeffer, “for the rea son that the lynite alloy tf least three qualities that make tt superior to all other metals for use in a power unit “verybody knows that alum num is strong and will stand ery strain, It {* a matter of com- mon knowledge that aluminum i« the Nghtest weight metal. But one [never hears anything about t su- perior heat conductivity of alumt- num over cast iron, It ts, how- ever, an engineering fact that ne one can successfully dispute. Elim- Ination of heat from the motor ts about as difficult an engineering problem as any automobile manu- facturer has to contend with, ‘The Juminum mator is unquestionably the solution of this problem, The Premier m¢ always stays cool nd anyone knows that a motor that stays cool is the power unit that remains active and full of pep, “L can't understand how anyone can be satisfied with a cast tron motor when he can get one made of aluminum, There {is just as much difference between an alum num motor and a cast {ron motor, in the one item of action alone, ax there between a high bred, up and-going and a plug, One cannot possibly understand what a Aifference there really ts until he drives a Premier.” ic, full power and a s at horse ive Down in Califor * immediate Sunday | gasoline used have a certain | refin: | | Red Crown gasoline has the continu: | ng points necessary | Patten | t at the trade the prefer in mueh like Pantages shops last Mond nat make of car replied, “I should ia th Noamer is one of the r I ike . eraceful lines and its Hawkinson of the United Moto offer to send down the matter # tonight under would ver tts Jon best the whir finish and Lat Monda morning, expr ' eray rty Sliver Washington St. Dents syed to the utmost her INEW AIDS TO | BOOST ROADS Government Issues Clever, Catehy | Sayings to Spread the Message of Road Construction in the U. 8. Uttle Co-operating with the f labor in it interest n of C. Redfield, has issued A werles of vigor |eans calling attention to the f road tion thruout United artment effort to arouse pu n-wide pro Wiiliagy mmerce in a reconstruction, tary of cc us ne onatruc th Staten king chairman ¢ before the regional the highways trans mi Washington last cretary Redfield called on to the fact that transporta can no longer be considered unity but a# a trinity made ays, waterways and ee in at tion in brought jong out with vit an road antry ab at an earlier en by th with the > its part in calling instruction work t and the phrases of Sec- Redficids are designed for same purpe The National Aut fle Chamber Comr jhaa undertaken t mmend the mo by aut nufacturers, urged requent the need « the put ary Nationa rs to wing into stries are taking up the ernment plan and @ reflection this united effort will soon jfound in advertising columns, | Following ts the combined pertes issued by the two departments “Dur teat * and waterways Cannot attain thelr fullest | effi- jctency unless we build efficient | highw aye.” “Bulld the load. Make | railway | “Transportation should touch ev- ery man's door, Build roads now “Roads are the tools of industry. Bulld them that industry may fur- nish employment for labor.” “The railway, the waterway, the highway, are the trinity of tran portation and these three are one Bull how the national, st ad | and roads we need and) | prosperity will ride to every Amer- Hican's gate | “Build now good roads where |they are needed so that Good | Times can come to every Amert- |can® home without delay | “Bulld now. Money «pent wisely |for good roads will come back be- | cause the roads will bring it back.” | “Build good roads and see how quickly good times wiif roll down | those roads.” memb line, Other gov- of be road the to highway the the carry feed county 'BRISCOE IS ENLARGING lant Cannot Handle Busi- ness, and Extensive Additions Are | Now Under Construction Local officials of the Mitchell Motor & Service distributer of Brie cars in this territory, have just recelved word tha al ditional buildings a now being completed at the Briscoe factory, which will soon almost double the dally capacity of this imme | plant | “We are advised by J. R. Fi later of the motor corporatie |said Kddie Shanberg, of the loc organization, “that the Briscoe fac- tory was unable to keep up with its orders, Altho th immense | Briscoe plant covers about 43 acres} and now has a daily output of} Jabout 75 cars, it was falling behind | Jon its orders, Tho Briscoe is un- | doubtedly becoming the most popu- | }lar ight four-cylinder car and the | |factory was not going to | the Jquestion of production hold it] back “Contracts were let for additions to the plant and also for the neces- jsary machinery for buildings that |had formerly been used in the manufacture of war munitions. With these additions and enlarg ments of the plant, Mr, Findlater tes that the Briscoe factory will soon be turning out 200 cars per day. “We are now. getting just about enough Briscoes to comforta- | bly supply the demand, We are astonished at the sales of this car, j but it seems to so fully meet the |present day needs and requir | ments of a classy, serviceable, eco- nomlcal machine that it Is accept- lod as a car of universal service, It is so thoroly good, yet so economi- cal to own and operate that it ix the Idea for both business and pleasurt his undoubtedly a counts for the tremendous sale the Briscoe car.” Don't slide the rear wheels when stopping; rubber pavement polish- | ers are too much @ luxury even for your boss. Remove oll and acids) from your tires at once by using a} cloth moistened in gasoline, ease, PAGE 15 AN OLD CARON THEMARKET BUT A NEW CARIN SEATTLE Standardized in every least detail, this automo- bile is fast making friends for itself. Its graceful design attracts the eye, and calls forth word of praise wherever it is shown. The powerful Red Seal Continental motor needs no introduction. Its performance and worth are established beyond all argument. The Delco ignition system, Stromberg carbure- tor, Borg & Beck clutch, Stewart vacuum feed and semi-elliptic springs are points which every, motor buyer looks for. The Paterson has them all, and many more extra features which place the stamp of class upon it. Your personal inspection of the Paterson will justify the words of praise that are heard on every hand by those who have ridden in it. We invite you to examine America’s most fashionable car. PIONEER AUTO COMPANY Temporary location, pending the erection of our new modern building 814 East Olive St. MOTOR CAR GREAT AID Breeds Confidence in All Gas-Driven Machinery Among Farmers, and Promotes Its Sale “There is #0 much being sald and written recently about the rural mo tor express lines that it seems to have overshadowed the other rural transportation problem, which is of s great importance-——the motor pa senger line,” says C. H. Shields, pree ident of the Shields Livengood Motor | Co, “The carrying of men always has been considered as worth more than the carrying of material, asx is indi-| cated by a comparison of the equip: ment, the rates of fare and the time | schedules of freight and passenger trains, Hence it follows that a more | rapid method of transportation for | those who live in the rural districts | is at least as important as rapid ex: | press facilities for their produce.” | The number of motor cars bought | by farmers in recent years is force: | ful evidence of their appreciation of this fact. We are rapidly drawing | near the time when practically every farmer will own and operate his own family passenger car. His apprecia- tion of motor transportation for oth er purposes, of other power farming | implements and better roads will fel: | low 8 a matter of course, The motor car aroused in the farmer his first big appreciation of the value of gas-powered machinery, and {t is significant that tractors and | trucks find their best market in com munities where there is a larger pro- portion of motor cars in use. Fa-| millarity with the operation of the | gasoline engine induces confidence in | nachinery so equipped such confidence only os from a satisfying experience. | sions, And, on that score, the Lib. erty is proud to have been allotted some credit for having advanced the popularity of gas-powered farm helps. 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