The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 7, 1919, Page 16

THE SEATILE STAR—SATURD. JUNE 7, 1919. DEPARTMENT O AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES 4 | States Will Get Compensation y| Will Profit by Highway Bill WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—States which have ex- | pended large sums in road construction and improvement are assured equitable compensation for their work under the terms of the highway measure introduced in congress recently by Charles E. Townsend, United States senator from Michigan, and incoming chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads, Since my thia bul “These additional highways would not form part of the national sy» |tem and would not be controlled by Beautiful Strength THE highest artistic ideal combines beauty and strength ‘The Paterson Six is the embodiment of an artistic ideal revealed in the strength of its fine chassis, its beautiful tody, builded to satisfy those who appreciate comfort and distinctive beauty combined. first introduction of} said Senator Townsend, | “lL have made a study of the sub ject, which convinesd me that sew éral changes would be necessary to|°r maintained by the federal fov- |incorporate the constructive mugen jernment, but it would be expected tions which have been made from | that they would connect or c¢o-or lal parts of the country One of | @inate with the national syntem, | |the most Important of these related | Thus the double purpose of recom || to the situation in those states where | Pensing the state and developing the | liarge suma of money have been|«eneral highly situation would be| |B | made available in the past to bulid | accomplished | | main lines. | “For example, it fs recognized | “Some felt that in the building of | fat New York has spent upward & national ayntem it would develop of $150,000,000 tn the development that some of the states had already | of an excellent system of state high completed, in a measure, the high-| Ways. The same ip true except as ways which would form part of|to amount in the states of Manu. that system and that they should|chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode I» not be penalized for having been land, Maryland and California, and far-nighted and progremive in now being worked out in New “Thin objection seemed sound to|Jersey, Pennsytvania, Ohio, lt me, and I believe that I have met|nols, Wisconsin and Michigan and it thru the incorporation which | probably other states which do not saya that where states have already |oceur to me at the moment constructed all or parts of roads so| “It must be understood, how located as logically to form a part ever, that the work of these states of the national system and to «| has not met the interstate problem standard deemed by the commission which by ita very nature can only to be adequate, that an equivalent be met by the federal government mileage of other highways shall be but their Intrastate ac hievementa constructed by the government or | should be recognized wherever they 2 . s s a by the stale under governmental |have @ bearing upon the working ou D Companionship in Your authority out of the great national prob ce 2 a) 99% Factory Built “A Tale of a Car With a Heart” “As you drive this car day in and day out, you begin to realize that there is something unusual and intangible about the Briscoe. “Tt is always ready for an unusual display of power, speed and get-away. 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SPECIFICATIONS IN BRIEF Red Seal Continental Motor I & Beck Clutch Brown-Lipe Transmission Lighting, Starting System Carburetor Pioneer Auto Company Genuine Leather Upholstering STATE DISTRIBUTORS y Location—814 East Olive at Broadway Soon in Our Own Building at Pine and Melrose “Cannonball” Baker and His Indian: —— ! Probably no endurance contest has | across the continent were gradually improving and the motoreycle manu heen 20 hotly contested in the mo |facturers were making big jumps in = world of America as (h ©! improvements on their products, par transcontinental record from the At | ticularly in 1912 and 191%. And in lantic to the Pacific coast. As far/1#14 BE. G. (Cannonball) Baker | torem: back a 1906, when the motorcycles | destined to become the most profi benedy soon" we Yk tsa were becoming dependable enough cient and famous motorcycle rider Ja repair shop on auto row, Bill Berry |t@ make @ transcontinental trip|in the world, stepped into the ring |haa branched out for himself ua man |Saything but dangerous, it was the | declaring that he was going after the | ager and proprietor of the Bill Berry |*!m of endurance riders and motor: ‘big record. a Automobile Repair Shop, at 413 Sey. | cycle manufacturers. Prior to that Me left Bap Diego on May 3, 1914 jenth ave. &. ltime @ socalled motorcycle reeord Mounted on an Indian motorcycle | Personal attention and service will | from San Francisco to New York had| He moved eastward, following © n « BERRY OPENS UP IN REPAIR GAME) With four years of experience as | FINE RECORD DEATON TO SELL the carly days of 21 months in Kanters return- Summit and Pine East 8413 He i heavy rainstorm and with another gained as a fight-— je Sam, and he has set | in the way of used ‘14 years of expert- game have stood food stead with the Zbin- st and his nile 3 i | feature the new enterprine, and spe- | been established, taking nearly 60 cial equipment has been instatied to | day" |handie work on any make of car.| On August 10, 1906, I. J, Mueller Generator «yntems, welf-starting | Tiding a 2% horsepower Indian mo |equipment and lighting systems will | torcyle, left San Francisco to estab Teonlve expert attention at the hands | lish a new record. He reached New of Berry and bis staff of trained | York on September 11, covering # | mechanician | chasing him, and the latter did not fatch up with him until he hit In jdiana. To such an extent did the government weather man make his journey easier, At any rate, Baker | made the trip in 11 days 12 hours 10 | minutes, and at the time it waa be j MACK SALES SHOW eesneneennonenepnanehgsieseesmmasttielticldinneiencnetihs | steady increase in the sales of Mack, truck fs list. When the vehicle trucks is the result of such service | lists badly on the road the whole t of a Mack truck in Plattes weight of the load is thrown sud- |total of 2,568 mile in M1 days 12 HEAVY INCREASE a» tna The sales of Mack trucks in April li Wis., which traveled 30,000/denly on one side, with the resuit miles with an expense of only $65/that the master leaf is broken. for repairs, on account of the driver|Care in driving will obviate this allowing the motor to freeze last | danger. winter, and another at Utica, N. Y., BweRNS | which has made over 25,000 miles) TRAFFIC MAN YOUR FRIEND and has had no repair work other| ‘The traffic policeman {is your” than having the valves ground twice./ friend. Regard him as such, Co- —— joperate, don’t hinder, The biuecoat | hours and 15 minutes, beating the ex | loved that it would be many a year| lating record by some 17 days or #o,|efore this speed record would be | Where petcocks are provided| This was considered a tremendous | beaten . triumph, and no further attempt was However, in 1917 there came an the Internation |they may be used to detect minsing| | _ cylinders, Open one at a time and| made until 1911, when Voiney Davis, | ther endurance rider, Alan T. Be-) a} Mack corporation, local Mack die dell, who was out for Baker's laurel*|tributor, announces. Forty-five per \look for flame. If no flame is| mounted on a 5 horsepower Indian |neen, open throttle and speed up a| motorcycle, took another chunk of 11| 8nd determined to get them. In June cent of these sales were of heavy liittia, The cylinder may be miss-|days out of the time, making the|he left Los Angeles on @ Henderson | duty Macks. There is a marked | motorcycle, and succesded—with the| growth in the popularity of the over the shaft #0 that/ing at low throttle, If no fiame|run of 3,746 miles in 20 days 9 hours shim between gear and'is seen with throttle opened, the | 1 minute. | beet of luck In regards to weather | Mack with drivers and owners, who| CAUSE FOR BROKEN SPRING | in the center of the street has the Joytinder is missing, | Gn the meantime, road conditions |@nd roade—in trimming three whole |appreciate the economy and effi-| One of the most frequent causes | same relation to you as the watch- | —_—$ $$ |days plus some hours off Baker's|ciency of high quality trucks, The of broken springs in the motor|man et a railroad crossing. record. Bedell, by close figuring, cut . I | USE OF PETCOCKS SHOWN 7 : fn local automovile [showed a guin of 22 per cent over i the sales for March, i GEARS | happens that a split @ tendency to slip As aD emergency | may be remedied by paper which has shaft. a . sas i i a ef mg : the mileage down to 3,296 miles, | making the distance in 7 days 16| | | hours and 16 minutes | ‘Tho riders were fant getting the) TH , 5 distance cut down eo that the figur. | ing of hours and minutes looked neo | MADE FROM enaary in order to decide the con | test. That same fall Baker set out | lto recover hia laurels, this time re. | versing the usual procedure and | ntarting on the long Journey from the | Atlantic coast. He made wonderful |xpeed and remarkable progress and | was hours ahead of Redetl's record | to within 640 miles of Los Angeles where the fink hopped aboard. In bouncing off a boulder Baker's ma-| |chine slid out from under him and fell on his leg, pinning his ankle to a/ rock and injuring it so painfully that he wae unable to continue the ride To have such @ glorious victory |turned into defeat in the last 500 | | miles waa bitter medicine, but Raker | |was a good sport and took it nobly, | ; | merely stating that he would “get it | acne on ; | yet." Retreaded Tires fes222'= Cut Down Upkeep f°" Sti... DRIVE RIGHT IN | ELECTRICAL SERVICE | A new electrical shop that is going | WE ARE DIRECT FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS FOR Waltham and Van Siclen Speedometers, Splitdorf Electrie Co., Gabriel Snubbers, Westinghouse Elec. Mfg. Co., Atwater Kent Mfg. Co., Electric Auto Lite Corporation, Bijur Motor Appliance Co., Gray & Davis, Inc., Conn, Tel. & Elec. Co., Simms Magneto Co. 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