The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 28, 1919, Page 18

AUTOMOE ee OOOO OOO OOOO in tm nth mtn pt nt ota aa V4 UTOMOBILE. | ILES, TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES, ow peueuer Wr x Sobesscaae Annee Speed F iends Who Will Struggle: for Supremacy f Tacoma Speedway to Be Scene of Big Rac ce! ‘Event The boys who will strive for first honors July 4: qd) (5) Louis Chevrolet, (6) Ralph Mulford, BARNEY OLDFIELD This Is the Man pwhe, out of his years of ' This Is the Tire which Oldfield spent many years in perfect- ing, and which is known as the most trustworthy tire built today. The Deaton Tire Co. Oldfield Tire Distributors. This is the firm which sells Oldfield Tires in King and Kitsap Coun- ties. 1211 PINE ST. ‘LIFE HANGS | | IN BALANCE, It has long been recognized that! machinery of every kind muat be lu-| | bricated with oll of a particular con sistency if it is to run smoothly Every moving part must be protected | by a thin flim of off of such a con sistency that {t will maintain its body under the full streas of operation Only thus will it prevent metal from touching metal with the consequent friction, wear and danger of break age. Conditions vary in different kinds of engines, and that is why it is necessary to use different grades | Of off to insure correct lubrication, | In the lubrication of automobite| engines, the same problems are met Unless an of] meets exactly the needs of the engine in which it is used, worn parts are likely to be the result And worn parts mean the ever-pres ent danger of a break. It is certain ly cheaper in the end to buy good lu bricating oi! of the correct consisten. | cy than to buy new parte. | Correct lubrication has become an} exact science, To specify the correct | grade of oll for every type of engine | is the work of experts. Realtzing| this, the Standard O11 Company ¢e-/ tablished a board of lubrication en-| gineers which has determined by ex-| haustive study and actual tests the correct consistency of Zerolene for every make of automobile ‘The result of the experiments and tests of the board, of lubrication en-| events July 4th predict more interest | downed to 14 miles an hour gineers have been embodied in a ne | | ries of correct lubrication charts and! la separate chart has been prepared {crowds coming from all over the| governors for each make of car, Since these charts contain the advice and recom mendations of experts, the wise mo- torist will do well to follow them im- plicitly if he would get the most out of his car, Correct lubrication means that a car will live longer, give more power and run more smoothly > --alandiconmt ta | FOR YOUR CAR Or we will sell your automobile for you at YOUR price without HM) commission or storage charges. Auto Bargain Market 701 E. Pine St. E. 340 Eddie Rickenbacker, referee ; TACOMA }are ready to 2 go for the Pacific Coast June championship at Tacoma July 4th! The 1919 program will feature 180 miles of fast racing divided into three events of 40 purse of $15,000. Here's the men who will be seen n the Tacoma track this year: Rickenbacker wih Amer! can referee events CUf Durant in his Chevrolet Spe celal will try and hold his present rec ord for the highest speed ever at- tained the track and his tithe as Pacific Coast champion. Durant’s av erage in 1918 was 99 miles an hour in the 25-mile race. He went as high as 114 on the straightaway lap averaged 101 miles an he Louis Chevrolet in bis Frontenac |will try for new honors in the Pur | West. He has never raced at Ta| coma, Dario Reath will also be a new. comer, with hia Resta Special Eddie Hearne will drive the Durant | | place In the @ecent 500-mile race at| Indianapoli« Ralph Mulford ia bringing his Frontenac, one of the fastest cars of | the year. With the close of the war motor car racing is again coming into ite| own in the sporting world and the galaxy of stars in Tacoma for the| in the sport than ever before. Tacoma will be ready for the Northwest to thes Speedway races this year. Roads leading to the bi¢ track have been well marked and more than 100 special officers will be stationed along the various routes to direct automobiles to the course Going and returning routes will pre vent congestion. Capt. Rickenbacker will be star, will tell of his great afr battles | in the war, where he has 26 Hun planes to his credit. All drivers for the July 4th events will be present. In the last seven years the Tacoma track has gained a nation-wide repu tation for ita clean programs and thrilling sport, with the result that} the Speedway is now the recognized lcenter of motor car racing in the | West. The biggest and best of drivers have been attracted to Tacoma this year and the card | spectacular thruout, 0 CLEAN HOLSTERY Every real motor bug has his own recipe for upholstery dressing, just as every gourmet has his own salad | dressing. Even so, here are a couple | of formulas worth remembering: For | leather, raw linseed of] and turpen | tine mixed in proportions of two of| For | | the former to one of the latter, cleaning cloth upholstery, use cles water and a mixture of three quar ters of an ounce of common salt and | two ounces of wood alco | alcohol, simply rubbing the |a sponge dampened in | mixture loth with the above The World’s Most Expensively Built Tire; Hand Made Throughout of Best Materials Speed kings} 60 and’ $0 miles for a/ the | guest of honor at a banquet at the! Tacoma Commercial club the evening | lof July 3 when Eddie, former racing promises to be| 1 or grain | (2) Dario Resta, (3) Cliff Durant, (4) Eddie Hearne, ‘Points That Are Useful to Man Who Drives a Truck By Warren (Formerly Captain Motor Transport Corps, U. S. was training} of young] Americans for truck work ¢ there were several elaborate pu cations prepared to help young drivers in the proper bh ling of trucks. It in the t which these young men recety army that is making t valuable for the operation of cks in efvil life. The highway port industry | |method of big scale freight traffic over the country roads of the na | tion | them in the newent No rule was more important tn/ Uncie Sam's estimation tham that Jagainet speeding trucks. The av-| erage truck is bullt for power, not} "| special which carried him to second |*Pted, and to push a truck beyond jit normal speed is to work dam- age to the motor, if not to the rest| of the machine This was the reason why Uncle} | Bam's rules were so strict that it required an order from a general officer to authorize the disconne t-] ing of the governor, } | Army governed | Only | jin canen of the greatest emergency | was It permitted tn disconnect the | to permit of a higher| ‘This was done in the case| ic of machine gun ammu-| jnition to the marines at Chateau | Thierry, but this was an emergency |which demanded fast operation of trucks, even if they were so dam- | aged that they could never be used | again—as happened to be the case! from gunfire in this instance. If this rule was good for the army, it should be good for com mercial life, where the financial! side of the problem, the main- |tenance and of tho | trucks were | speed jot rush The driver of a truck is rexponst- ble in most commercial companies for the loading of his truck, | for the proper care of its cargo. H should therefore study up, with tho | jassistance of his superiors, the best | | methods of packing that he will be promptly, or refuse fered to him His knowledge | packing should |him to save and and| ahipmer so able to report shipments of- Improperly packed. of the principles of | make it possible for | his employer large | ages. The driv side of the busin < ognized in some the | “front office.” | nding impertia use wreck | Improper 1 cargo, y ¢ heavy ) and a swaying lerly secured | dangerous and Referring the and improp driv load = makes | difficult ain to Uncle Sam’‘a| rules, the following re a one ol standard vital ru a tel | operators of truck ‘elementary, but theref } the more | cylinder | |favor of the man who wants speed | Small Sizes—7,506 Miles ; UNITED MOTORS COMPANY Distributors ———A_ F. Hawkinson, Mgr. ' East '9 | should }ing a hill by shifting to low or sec-! 'NEW LINES | | tributing | display B. Bullock A.) and cannot be impressed too upon the minds of the| vital trongly drivers | Keep the truck on the right side) of the road at all times, whether ' standing or moving—and thus you wafe trouble with “traffic In passing vehicles going in the} same direction, particularly a nolsy uck, pass on the left and sound the horn A driver must always pass a ve- ticle meeting him on the road and| give half the road. Failure to| give a fair share of the road In the country may mean a damage mnit. The rule never to block the road is @ twin sister to thia rule. A driver who allows strangers to ride on his truck ts responsible for injury to the passenger, and his} employer will have to pay the damages Motors vehicles | it on standing never be left running the driver ts not in reat The driver should always give a signal when turning, stopping or slowing down. Falldre to do so} man mean disaster to a machine following. Study off frequentiy; Find the cause «. You may by acting quickly Use engine as break in descend- | Kas and grease supply always after a long run. of any unusual save your truck ond gear | Save your brakes {f stopping on| a bill by blocking the wheels, and; do not put the strain on the brake. | Never use a match or lan-|} jtern when working on the carbu- o Ting the gas tank In |the army the rule was extended to forbid smoking on trucks or even |in the truck park Croas bridges slowly. Use care in rough road driving— driving costs broken le ea if not more esrrious oll retor carelens spring damage. SHOWN HERE Crow Elkhart and Revere Represent. ed in Seattle by the MeIntosh Motor Company, on Pine Street Impressed of Seattle as with an center, McIntosh have at 1209 Pine f the Mel and sale of four and the r-autotr the possibilities | automobile dis. A. M. and alesroom st h Motor Co. of the Crow-E six-eylin known for the| Revere obite sper the sur has a guaranteed an hour But harts these, whi Is, have been seven others daily The Revere hed to Seattle in here by July 4th, If fortune favors they will) be demonstrated at the acoma Speedway during the big} meet, The Revere has a four- Deusenberg motor, 4 3-8 and is designed to meet the carload | have arrived which together with are expected being order to be models are ru race by 16, and class, together: with luxury of finish and! beauty of design. The |line comprises two, four, and seven- wenger models. “Cannon Ball" | Baker « cently) made ‘ the ¢all-capital trip in a, Revere,’ cutting ‘down the previous record by. 42 days, ‘The » McIntosh ‘firm! also, has the state * distribution . of ' the | Simplex windshield wings,’ which are claim- to be: the only wind deflectors adjustable to’all positions, De ers, haves heen appointed #in ny towns and cities, and inquiries are coming +ins rapidly . from wall, over the state. norr |ders of the AND JEPARTMENT TRAILER TOR Tacoma’s Celebrations START NEXT Monday, June 30 Eight Big Days June 30 to July 7 Not: One Dull Moment From Morn. Till Night / DAILY PAGEAN FAMOUS CIRCL OLYMPIC GAM MILITARY D GORGEOU SET-PIECE, SUPER-ATTRACTIONS ALONG CLIFF ONE MILE OF “THE MILKY WAY”"— PLAYS FIREWORK. Ss 8S ACTS MUSICAL FESTIVALS MILE OF FREE SHOWS DARING HORSEMEN WILD WEST SHOW DISPLAY, FEATURING ‘FAMOUS OMEWHERE IN FRANCE” AVENUE— MORE GORGEOUS THAN CHIC ‘ FAMOUS “WHITE CITY” $3,000 Dancing Pavilion, with the finest spring floor in the West. Third Annual Ski Tournament—June 29—6 Handsome Silver Cup Awards Symphony Orchestra of 160 Pieces 60-Piece Jubilee Band, Night and Day Massed Bands of Northwest in Great Contest Congress of Nations, Japanese Village, Military Exhibits—Cook’s Famous Wild BIG DAYS EI West Riders—Trained Animals, Leap for 3HT BIG DAYS OF ALL THAT’S NEW — THRILLS, BIG Life and Daredevil Stunts DAYS EXCITEMENT AND FUN GALORE—AMUSING, ENTERTAINING, EDUCATIONAL Remember, Monday Next—June 30 ARRANGE TO BRING YOUR FRIENDS FILL EVERY SEAT IN YOUR CAR Come Along! Everybody Else Is Coming! NORTHWEST PEACE JUBILEE ARCH D. BROWN, Gen’! Chairman KING KELLY, Gen’l Manager Take the BOAT to TACOMA Fast and Reliable Steamers Leave Colman Dock 7, 9,11 A. M.—1, 3, 5, 7, 9 P. M. Round trip fare $1.00 including war tax. PUGET SOUND NAVIGATION CO. Colman Dock. Main 3993. SHORTAGE IS ACUTE “America’s post-war appetite for automobiles seems to be insatiable,"’ says C. P. Ties, president of the Seattle Motor Car Corporation "We can sell ‘em’ is now the cry of automobile row from end to end, t the dealers lugubriously chant, "put we can't get ‘em to deliver.’ “And these dealers cannot be booked on the charge of flirting with the truth, for there is at the present time a decided shortage of waenger cars. In fact, the short- is even greater than anticipat- when I predicted this short- | in the year I took into} t that most of automobile manufacturers will not be back on normal production again until July at the earliest. ‘And even with the tories | turning out automobiles at their al pre-war rate, there would) be sufficient cars to meet this Jemand, This demand is so tre- mendous and insistent that another burden has been put on the shoul- builders, who their until it not utomobile gradually lightened change of production load weighs very little. | With all government contracts; completed the Elgin Motor com- pany, for example, must exert ev er resource for filling orders of distributors and dealers who have! been on their books since early| spring. ‘This will require consider- | ably morethan, normal output. It means thé building of more cars within the next six months than ever were built in the n factory during a half year | period. “This the factory is endeavoring to do. Every: employe ‘ is) working at top-notch speed. | You must not forget that) they? practically, started | production | of «thelr present. models from a. standing start and‘ it *has| taken time to gain production mo- | moentum,"* | have now RATES REDUCED | + Commercial mossages, between the Pacific coast and Japan. will, now | go for 84° cents a, word instead} of $1.25, according | to: announce: | ment made by the Western: Union. | Tho Postal Telegraph ! reduced its | rates last « week, -" STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS } THE MAGIC CIRCLE It ‘answers every: call of ‘the motorist. It ‘signifies the service we render as direct, factory , representa- tives for the firms and products shown ‘in its ‘charmed circumference. . . Let it’ serve you’ through us. Sunset Electric Company 3 . “ Automebiie Brectrle Equipment same 1507-09-11, Broadway , Seattle and Portland | U., 8.) BATTERY