The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 5, 1919, Page 13

id fHE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, JUL UTONOBILE. AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES, EPARTMEN DL TRAILERS AND TRACTORS (AS, aU MA’ TIC CORDS) It Fixes New Standards in the Light Car Field CLEVELAND SIX | Sefore Strain’s auto freight had Aft ' John §, Baisden put on the | cent on ofl and gas and general main | changed over to Goodyear pneumatic | big 42x9 Goodyear pneumatics, one | tenance of the trucks was sold, and now the) Tt run made by the Strain mora equipment it was nec abe entire work formerly done by the two) freight line is from Kent to Seattle, Use two trucks, and to pay overtime iipohines is accomplished by or hauling in mil and returning with _— : to the drivers. with @ consequent saving of 50 per | miscellaneous freiRht. At TER three years of development in the en- HE coming of the CLEVELAND SIX raises new gineering office, in the shop and on the road, standards in the light ear fi ill fi METZ GEAR DRIVEN SIX IS NOW [AUTO PLAN TS | the CLEVELAND SIX takes the center of the stage. new interest now in chonshne fee fener i : gh i 4 nterest now in choosing a for this is one CANADA It will be in the spotlight just so long as men buy | DISTRIBUTED BY LOCAL CO. automoniles, such as the market has not previously offered. Announcement that the Metz ‘Ges ar-Driven Master Six| Michigan Companies Expected to * N its design, its nicety ittines i , would be distributed in the states of Washington, Oregon oe rover tha pine HE CLEVELAND SIX was ready two years ago f finist aa nicely Or fittings and its beauty and Idaho by the Far West Motors company was made yes- ' . last January. Experimental models had been on Ch Sepish it reflects the ideals of the men who sickens by G. i geeky pre inant, of the penty sMOorRS a EVtiy Indication pointe to the es the road a year before that. Production plans were created it. The chassis will make all motordom rat organization, whose present offices are at 921 Green | [blishment of scotes of manent a made. Then the war came, anc SLEVELA ¢ Building, but who will occupy the new building being erected nuteats chur Goer : ouge'da gam waited Sen: Se ee eke ai tae. at the corner of Pike and Melrose sts. by August Ist. Ont., it is estimated that $12,000,000 vi ? N . J. R. Young is vice-president of the company, with H. | will be spent by Detroit, lo and ND, up in front, there is a motor that performs. J. Gaskill as secretary and treasurer and H. W. Stone as Michigan companies alone. | Accord. HESE two years have not been wasted, and the Those who have tested it on the open road, on sales manager. Mr. Stone was for eight years with the! Ganmer: bie’ carporations are CLEVELAND comes to you, a car highly per- mountain climbs, and in crowded traffic, say there _ Metz factory at Waltham, Massachusetts, and has come | negotiating ' west to supervise distribution in three states. The Port- fr factory land territory has already been closed, together with Chelan Ue mifegaur On county, and arrangements are being made today for repre- seianen invest $6,000,000 in a THE CLEVELAND SIX ill e sentation in Spokane. Requests for additional representa-| p! ant at Walkerville Dutldings total wi be shown in July with that fon fected in every detail. is no other like it. s in Windsor and its tion are being received daily, and the new gear-driven car fon ype Ai. $ promises to become a popular line within a very short seller TY gen The Maxwell spend $1,000 i c Chalmer compa period of time. 000 in new units and additions to jts Five models are comprised in. the | — rahe present plants, ‘The Champion’ Seerk The petals: Dealate Have Been Aopataned the State of Washington: Metz line—a five-passenger touring, Plug company proposed a $300,000 RICHARDSON MOTOR CO.. Tacoma , D Si Gecrscasige eset nosn wes | WILL RACE tactory At (Windeony andthe Auto HARRIS. WEBER C0. 0... 0. soso vant 1K MOTOR CO. aes Ee dise Wheels, a three-passenger road- Specialty company, t. Joseph, WALKER & P! N © if EB " ARS ere ‘ * ster, a five-passenger sedan and «| IN ROAMER Mich., contemplates a $250,000 estab: SIMS-WEBER : : a i pi , . Sedro-Woolley four-passenger with auxiliary seat) Ushment. Kelsey Wheel company is| JENKINS BRO! : coceseeesse es. Centralia SWANSON & SHOMER, ‘Bact Angeles 3 coupe. The five-passenger touring building additions which will nearly . 8 model was the first to reach Seattle,| KALAMAZOO, Mich. July 5—J|double present production, Motor | © being shipped by express at a cost| Roscoe Sarles, the brilliant Cali-| Products company will soon start of $700. |fornia race driver, has concluded a|work on a big plant to care for the Attracts Attention deal with A. ore than re-| Sisal usa ceenpany tor the Elgin road race in August. He | sel and work on the new e : 1 ent will start immediately. Dur. { { 0 { t Pi S t r ing the course of erection, an old a s k e p one| ‘The Master Six Metz has only ir patter ie ar and that is the company manufac. |‘ !mportant track and speedway | some assembling in a small way un-| factary, built along the moat ud-|‘he SPring for the 500-mile contest |iff which Great Tritain has put in| is different in every respect from} apous to get the Roamer that was|drawing American manufacturérs to six-cylinder cast en bloc, with plant, where it will be en-| ‘his tariff supersedes the embar: ype six-cylinder on. bloc, C. Barley, president | Canadian trade, The Canadian Steel a . This is the first instance for a|f the Barley Motor Car company, | corporation is progressing steadily ' Jong time of a car being shipped|Whereby he will drive a Roamer | with its $40,000,000 plant at Ojibway this distance by express, but the at-|the balance of this season, als , yublic Motor Truck com tention that the new car has at-| ‘uring 1920 Mich, has 4 1 to aries’ first contest under his | locate its Canadian plant London, B Eypaid: the company for this heavy) 111) ‘then his car to the connection with the old type Metz) ot park on| munitions factory will be used for faring “it. ‘The ‘personnel of the| races in California during the win- | ti! the new factory is ready. lover the Indianapolis speedwa the old Metz. jwrecked and bring the car to the| the, border cities 1 ler 2 |tirely rebuilt and made as good as|go on Canadian goods, giving them | |& Service Co. are on the map. PMiimensions of 34x5. ‘The Westins-| new. “Fortunately the motor was|free access to the British, Isles and uc asses Away i sot acy dh a tt ervice Counts in ] house electric system is used and not injured in the accident and will | all British v |of this get together, pull together a es Bracted: ao. the Mrects and wherever) oy contract will be t@compete in|Ont, A building alte th initial expense. | elfic nd prepare to compe Bee at the friction. érive variety, | Thanksgiving. He will start in all|the stocking of parts, and possibiy TEMPORARY LOCATION Campeny is the same but a new| ‘ef Months and come East early In| The 6% per cent preferential tar ‘vanced lines, turns’ out a car that) yy, Sartes has gone to Indian- Mtere Sar sesoet trasa‘ig the wan rt ‘The motor is a Reutenber head | Farley possessions. The ruling the Willard erg wos require very little work to make it /of the British war board that articles | of | stuff, why just take a walk up to} 3 transmission and Borg cK | operate perfectly as “in the past.| assembled in Canada are to be con 'N. a it e O | the Mitcheli plant and iearn some-| to | ffi I j : "clutch are guarantees of satis | Mr. Sarles considers this motor one | sidered Canadian goods has reacted ew n 1 Cc Ss thing about the courteo service | Ta IC ruc rivers tion, and the Hotchkiss type drive is|of the finest power plants ever | very fa upon the American By G. R. HARRIS It was last fall during the fourth | that is extended. Then peer universal favorite. The axles are) turned out by the Duesenberg com-| manufacturer, who sees in a Cana A the street and the big result will) « ncerity with which the “aly extensively advertised lines,” Timken thruout, and five wire wheels| pany. Sarles will be at the K dian assembling plantan open road glare right back at you when you|Shlelds-Livengood Motor company |! -addition to national advertising, are standard equipment, and an|mazoo factory for about six we to the British foreign market see the contractors at work on one| Sells Traffic trucks is reflected in|°UF @Xtensive sales promotion de- © extra wheel carrier ot special design | and 1 have full supervision The movement of automotive parts of the largest automobile plants of | their service,” Wm. M. Hart-|P@rtment Is maintained where each” is mounted on the rear with a safe-\the reconstruction of his ¢ and| makers, which is causing them to the Northwest, which will be a real|ford, general sales manager of the ear! is assisted in his sales and ty lock. Body design, finish ahd | intends therein several establish branches in Ca monument to that much-dest nd | organization development work, Pross | wp, In nearly every business today leas loan drive. The Boss was is one prominent being, phan-| devoting most of his time to pd tom-like, ble, ever-present. He | triotic vice, and our friend (I drawa no salary, receives no com: mean our enemy), Mr. P. T. Buck, miasion, yet he eats up more of the | Was running the busin ada, gives two or more of the|one suspected it. And t theré s, altho no profits is how ‘ ‘| eae upholstering statnp the Metz as a/ interestir que feature the Detroit automobile manufactur- | Profits t - ec tan teas: It baseaned 8 sought-after thing—Fellow |. “It is a sincere service which|, Hundreds of dealers are awakens = car of class, and bumpers, both aries is one of the best known Pa-|er the opportunity to build his car | Mehest be wags the first’ 0D | tion, follows the Traffic truck from fac- jue to the demands of motor truck ” front and rear, together with one < t drivers and hi : in Canada from Canadian mé a ie Sha Phe dod and the last} O"¢ day the big Boss wanted a| |tory to owner; ‘service is a part | ‘ranspc tation and immediately man top, speedometer and electric idly sp ing thruout Amer parts almost complete, with the ex sir Jasons ae mi car n ready at 3 p.m. In fact = ik of the x 1ct. The signi « in contact with the remarkas to leave at night. he ception of a few major units, re © conscience | "* sht it would be jake at 3 nel | and ‘importance high class : He is a person with no con in|P:_™, but 4 o'clock rolled around w ice is realized and appreciated success blem of the atly to his lau warning signal, make it a model the ‘Traffic. The of completeness. early this year by numerous da a Abllente 16, poninn . Oe Pe ues department is Further annduncements as to|ing victories at the wheel th AES SEE ‘\ e ng [ANd delights jin seeing Ot emake | D&fOre he got it. Then he found the |motor truck owners everywhere. It} 0" Of trying to keep up with the nd policy of the new com-|Roamer special and doesn't heai-| PUACING LICE LATES | trouble, in fact he plans to nmiAt® | things to be done had not been done, | WITH AJAX Keeps the Traffic truck on the demands coming from all parts of ee ee DOMey ; sag rig ir With @ of the big license / life miserable for all, and especially | wiih at the outside should not have » it belongs and where it the states of Washineto pany will be made shortly ate to express his warm admira-| 10) 0 in tse today the car owner|thoee with responsibility. Being 4! n & here it pays. | )0° Butt a n and Ida- tion for the merits of the car in See: thai with. a ome online, he does not fear de.|‘@Xen over an hour or an hour and| 8 wy Nee ‘ [rh re are no delays while the own- | 1 rather, than creating a demand TO BUILD TRUCKS general. He is confident that his|° ae Se ee eae ie tiie abutity of], Salts) CEs OeW apotlight had not | Sormer 1 Vins resident United) er waits for some minor part, He | ©? more frucks A anese company is being or-/new Roamer, built just as he wants | [, Baers cacaisenn “ce ane’ weaiatiin (aces ariat thi datesk Win been put on, the extra air in the| States Tire Company Accepts Sim-| knows where he can get the part ———_— ganized to manufacture trucks in| {t, will be one of the fastest things |“ Py ed iat ar stay. bel eo doubt your otietoeley teckviames [ren Tine 00 ks attended to, nor ar Position in Big Tire Company |*"4 in a minimum of time, Th “| TRACTOR that country. Orders have already |on the track and capable of trying | °UTT#°* ' ailable. i oe RE ; ‘ T Oli patie ioe anna had the brakes been adjusted. His | |means efficiency in the operation ON COAST ace: i ‘01 I e bes e enough » case chronic overhe and if you pause ion . blood boiled. He he fello' yrace Liss 1e} rj of otor truck | been placed with Detroit firms for | conclusions with the best r do- | S2OU8 : I Mr. P. went to the fellow| Hora DeLisser, president of a r truck Toc oat ents f sie r ing, particular of course, in hot| you will recognize him. It is Mr. id akatectand ccs ‘yet : ST das Hae | ST J parts for several experimental mestic land foreign racing Weather. Be careful where you fix|T. Buck, commonly known as Mr.|! charge and asked him why the|Ajax Rubber company, Inc, an- aftic owners are assured at | as OURNEY trucks it proposes to assemble at| chines. ae; take place Pasa The Buck. In days past he was |PTkes hag not been taken care of, | os the RnBDinGest oh Toeenn times of high-cl service ns | tat is proving to be one of ies: Pe aS Fert ees 1 a pet phrase | #74 he replied that he had told|™ P 4 |a complete stock of now|the most novel and interesting 0" "T GENERA’ TRACTORS PLOW 17,000 ACRES) TAKE SOME TIRE CHALK my establishment was “let| 2eorse” (I mean Buck) to:make out | ©. Weston to the post of vice presi-}on hand and the Motor | transcontinental trips ever attempt- BLOW OUT GENERATOR | TRAC i A act Pegs a tens Lea shai Bat ae Sab 1G” Bek iy sen pouten top order and Buck had told|dent and member of the directorate | Truck corporation insists that this|ed is that of the Wheat. tractor In the gnerator where carbon| More than ‘ eee “ somebody else to do it and when/of Ajax Rubber company, Inc. Mr,|be maintained at all times and an| which left New York brushes are used a certain amount|have been plowed, 2,500 acres culti-| your tool ki me of it should| grew and flippancy was not in or- «on the eve of tried to do it, Buck butted in | We wh Memc on, who for a number of|order for parts by mail, be shaken into the shoe every time}der, so a more dignified name was | 1 day, headed for Los An- of fine carbon dust is inevitably de-| vated, 5,000 acres grub see aigdh 4 and said it can't be-done, and by|years has been vice president and|phone or wire by owners | geles, Cal., riding ove: a adi 1 Scotland as ou change tubes. It helps the tube! given him. But his self-importar ! , riding over the road posited in the bottom of the cone: |# ri harrewed ir cage th ay" re to settle into place and reduces by his downf: nd this a the in-| the time it was finished Buck butted |director of € of the United/or dealers has the ight of way solid Firestone tires, At this win rators” This Should be blown out|result of the use of farm tr sing liienior between tube and shoe, thus| cident thatebrought it about up at|!" 4nd told the fellow that was to|States Tire company, was elected | To insure t service to Traf-|ing the tractor is zig-zagging about with compressed air whenever the during the last season, aceording 1 i hfs’ the thea to fonmeti ie Raa eke! uw, offies TAe ar Aibeeteeat (le ots bite phon artment|the Middle West in the vicinity of Y ce repo rolonging the life of the tubs Mitchell Motor & Service Co. ‘ periodic inspection is being made. to @ commerce report Prolonging the life of : icuachinbes ar Bary on something else, And the fellow held June 17, fills every order for parts request-| Indianapolis, and making for = | that was to put the spotlight on, had C. Weston fs one of the}ed on tha same day order ts re-) Wichita, Kansas, where the tractor long ago forgotten-it. The big thing |best known men in the tire busi-|celved. All lost motion ts entisely exposition and. de monstration will is the fact that the Boss was ready |ness, in which he has long been en- | overcome. take ® the week of July 16. for the car, and they car was not/gaged. He comes to Ajax Rubber} “Distribution of Traffic trucks is} ‘This tractor is receiving the most ready for him, and he starts out to| company, Inc. with an experience | direct thru dealers from distribut- of road tests—the tilling |find out why. He phones the fe ting from the early days of the | ors of the motor farm imple- |man, and the foreman says istry, Tire men remember Mr,| “Automobile dealers have learn-|ment is well known—and. ao far Buck,” but he can't find Buck, so he| Weston first as a salesmen repre-|ed by experience the vast differ-|rain, mountain sleet, the sticky. goes to the next fellow, and the next, senting the old Morgan & Wright/ence that distinguishes one product greasy mud and shifting sand of and the next, but the answer was al-|company. His success in that ca-|in the automobile field from the|the highways and detours have wan ways the same, “see Buck,” but ity led to his appointment as|other from the standpoint of mer-|combined to halt. its progres Buck seemed to have evaporated.| Western manager for United States |chandising possibilitte Years of|Rather the delays met alonm ye Right here Mr. Buck got his finish. |'Tire company with headquarters in/experience have proven that the|road have been caused by ‘uci The Boss called a meeting of the|San Francisco, From that post Mr.|field for big profits Mes in the a and Middle W ane phe. entire organization and the first ques-| Weston was made manager of the| handling of those products which | tharhesioas Apparently ‘aa tion that he put to them was: “Are|central district for the Joffer the grea possibilities, /haye been not so much inten you fellows working with me?” Of|pany, with headquarters in Chicago, | that in turn lessen the sales resist- |in the tractor’s running schedul course the answer was a unanimous|From Chicago he w brought to|ance and permit of t greatest}in their opportunity to stud an ‘Then the next thing the}? York and made general sales| volume in a given territ Wheat undergoing the rena said w ach of you fellows|manager. Then, in recognition of} Mr. Hartford plans for vast | test, s practical |right now find out what your par-|his ability, he was made director|sales organization which will p | ticular job is and when you know|of sales and elected to the vice|mit of uniform and intensive culti The World’s Most .Expensively Built Tire; Hand Made Throughout of Best Materials sylva st sa ne con y Guaranteed in Writing te it, perform it, and if you can’t, and | presidency |vation that is meeting with the JUST FILL IT UP ° ‘ S ll Si 7 500 Mil | things seem to hinder you, don’t see} In his new connection, Mr, Wes-|hearty approval of truck and auto-| Im case the pump of the wat Large Sizes—6,000 Miles ma: IZES: ’ es Buck, see me, and I will be a help|ton will work closely with Mr. De-|mobile dealers, the majority of| System goes out of business venti to each of you if you will try to be} Lisser in matt a help to yourself and each other.” | general admint m of Ajax af-|tributor, and to. this progres ‘The Ross put it over so nicely that | fairs, | policy can be trac at least ¢ each fellow right there felt that he| Tis coming to Ajax ts taken as ajof the favor with which the fresh water and then running on was a real cog in the wheels el peo indication of the steady|flc truck meeting among deal-| high gear, with the spark well ad- | progress. Things went so smoothly |growth and development of thejers. The affic franchise makes | vanced, Also shut off ignition on at that first meeting that it was|Ajax Rubber company, Inc, estab-|it possible for the dealer who pro-|down grades and coast. In caso suggested that this plan become a|lished 14 years ago, and now one|cures it to dominate the truck/signs of overheating develop, drain 4 r institution, which It has, andlof the five greatest automobile tire | business in his territory. [the system and refill it with fresh 1s the Mitchell Motor manufacturers of the world, The Traffic truck is one of the water. rtaining to the/whom prefer to deal with the dis- | the is on the road, it is still pos- ive| sible to get home’ without trouble part | by filling the cooling system full of UNITED MOTORS COMPANY 407 East Pine St. Distributors————-A. F. Hawkinson, Mgr. ! will as long