The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 2, 1919, Page 19

SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, AUGUST ¥, 1919. Model With Express Attachment of the Traffic Sini Body, Seattle in the early morn-;day the Traffic truck gives all that the traffie truck . Pederson, of the M. @ P.|men desire in a perfected motor | fal | - Okanogan county. truck. It rushes over hills and} W one considers the value of) ‘| level highways—travels in congested|service and the well known fact rove a distance of 270 city streets and without shifting|that four out of every five loads and never p Hitt | gears, slows down (o a snail's pace | of two miles per hour, and immedi | ately responds with a speed of 25 miles an hour when the driver steps on the acoelerator. All these things Cooperative Transport Lines Are Proving Aid to Farmers BY WARREN Formerly ‘Captain Motor Transport Corps, U. 8. A. A new development is coming into the highway trans- port field, by which companies are being formed by farmers to rate their own highway transport fleets. @ farmers, more advanced in ideals today than ever before in the world’s history, where it is possible to work in harmony and co-operatively, they might as well take the money as to let the “city. feller” take the proceeds. The result has been a rapid de-| velopment this summer of the farmers’ companies. These farmers’ companies are be- ing worked out in two ways, one by a@ truly cooperative application of | the trucking facilities of the farm- ere in given terrtories, and the other by the forming of corporation companies with farmers’ money to buy trucks to handie the farmers’ Dusinesa, The two methods will be taken up separately. The first has been in known to the realm of hauling can be carried on @ 4,000-pound truck, | that ts when the Traffic truck and! the price ef $1,635 begins to take) effect. B, BULLOCK have apparently decided that tributed enough money to ad4 com pany trucks to the pooled fleet, and to hire drivers to operate them, Thia story, with fictitious names, | of course, is the story of one real co-operative company. The company today is making money, has a fleet | which is common property, and the | pooled feet has been given back to | duty, while the operating concern found there was a chance to make a tidy sum by hauling at a good price for farmers who were originally tn by | the pool, and who were not stock- nies, as follows: There woud! be near the city of Jonesville a rich territory, about 20 miles the city, filled with truck gar. Hiram Smith would buy a truck to send his load of garden truck to the city, and Peter White would also have a truck. On some day, however, Smith would find his single truck would not carry the en- tire load of produce ready for the market that day, while conditions on the White farm would be different, as White would have no load what- ever. Smith would then ask for the Joan of the White family's truck for that day, and would make his double shipment accordingly. some later date the conditions would be reversed, and then Smith would repay White by allowing the Smith truck’ to be used for the White sur- sib ctede rill i ints alltel holders in the co-operative company. ‘The story of the second type of cooperative fompany i» similar in results, but had its origin in the de- termination of the farmers to keep to themsetves the profits they be Heved were otherwise to be made by fleets, The farmers, with a capital Of $25,000, in one instance, bought four trucks, held the balance of the capital for reserve, and made money from the start. That company, op | hauling occasional passengers on the driver's seat The two companies as described. | fow weeks of operation, to establish difinite scales of charges for hauls, system, a definite freight tariff and specific routes have been found nec- The American Beauty Car We are fortunate in securing a carload of Pan- Americans for immediate delivery. This’ wonder car has made good with a rush, and every owner is a booster. Ride in one—you'll see the reason. VICTORY MOTOR CAR COMPANY 1018 East Pike Street , Western Washington Distributors for Haynes and Pan-American East 704 YOU might have to pay You might have to pay, even though ab- solutely blameless. The most careful driving is not positive protection. its owners for their norma] farm | city owners of highway tfanmport | erating out of a city of 30,000 populn | | tion, now has a doren trucks, and | | derives a neat little side revenue by | however, found it necessary, after a| | | Phone vMages in trip to the city, on the oth- usually saw the trucks ith farm produce shipped to commiaison houses or pur- You can save a lot of wear on brake bands ff tn @ hilty region by breaking against the engine. Just throw the gears into low, close the throttle and shut off the ignition. The action is just the re- verse of driving the car, The Bucking the Engine gears which make the work of en- gine easier in driving now are driven by the rear wheels and geet the resistance of the motor. The result is to ease you down the hill in @ manner to make the foot brake often unnecessary. You'll find the necessity for using the brakes but slight when you do this, THROW-OUT CLUTCH While it fs a wise precaution to throw out the clutch when rounding a sharp corner, it also has a bene ficial effect upon the tires. When- ever the car tends to skid, due to its deflection from a straight course, @ cross strain is brought to bear on the tire treads, which is directly proportional to the weight of the vehicle and the radius of the curve and proportional to the square of its velocity. If the power is applied in rounding a curve the tendency to rip off the tire is further aggra- vated by the backward drag due to traction. If the clutch {# released, that factor is eliminated rain is thereby reduced. BLOW OUT GRIT Motorists who use one of the hand pumps will do well to give the pump a few ntrokes before attach: ing it to the valve, This blows out any grit or other foreign matter that may be clinging to the pump valve, preventing their finding their way into the inner tube, FREDERICK-METZGER CO. Mutual Life Building Phone Main 1372 AMERICAN INSURANCE AGENCY 10034 American Bank Building All these make your accident possible: —tThe person who crosses the street without looking. —The —The child running across the street. man who steps from behind a vehicle immediately before you. —The pedestrian who becomes confused in a tight place in traffic. —The woman who on a rainy day hides herself under her umbrella. —The motorist who speeds around a bad corner without sounding his horn. Greate¢t caution in driving cannot always save you from a collision with the heedless motorist. case of an accident a law suit follows, damages, loss of time—cost of defense, most likely a judgment against you at the end. ACT NOW! J. M. E. ATKINSON & SON Main 7056 BIG CROPS MEAN SALES Indications of a Heavy Harvest Prom- ise Continuation of Unusual De- mand for Automobiles Reports from various sections of the country indicate that har- vest this year will be bigger and better than ever, Wheat, farmers say, never has looked better, and corn ts coming fine. “These reports forecast certain definite things regarding the motor car industry,” says A. H. Hawkin- son of the United Motors company. “In other years a big harvest has meant a big demand for auto- mobilea, and the same is likely to prove true this year. Not only does prosperity for .the farmers mean an increased demand for mo- tor cars in the rural communities, but this prosperity is translated into many other sections of the country and the fficreased demand comes from all quarters. “This year has seen a big de- ™mand for motor cars, The end of the war, together with the untversal Prosperity of the country, has given many people the means and desire to buy automobiles. Coupled with this {s the fact that production in motor cars was retarded until aft- er the armistice, so that the num- ber of new cars built this year will not equal that of some other years. That helps to heighten the} demand under the law of supply and demand. The smaller the sup- ply, the greater the proportionate demand, is the way the rule works ont. “Next year, however, every motor manufacturer will wet in a full 12 months of manufacturing. But this does not mean that there will be sufficient cars to meet the demand. If the harvest turns out as fore- casted, it is going to be difficult, I believe, to butld enough automo- biles to supply the orders, “Personally, I do not believe in holding off on the purchase of a car this season in the hopes of something better next year. I do not say this as an automobile deal- er, but as an everyday citizen. It has been my experience that people who walt seldom get the oppor- tunities that come to those who §7 out after them, “Of course, it fs too far distant to say what next year will bring, but I believe that if I were buying a car, I'd buy today and enjoy it next year,” LIGHT BULB REPLACER Tt is possible to make a very sat- isfactory electric light bulb re placer by fastening four stiff wires on the end of a broom handle in such a way that they form a sort of hand, which slips over the bulb, without tnjuring it. There should be enough spring tn the wires to enable the operator to turn the In the 206 Colembia Street STUART G. THOMPSON CO. 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Bellevne-Newport—Fair from Bellevue to Wilburton; good remainder of way, + New road under contract Beattle-Renton—Via Kainier V: section now under contrac Ralaler Beach and county line, New pavement south of Bryn Mawr open to bridge across Black river, Mercer Istand—Boulevard around island open and passable except at slide on foutheast section, Ferry Fortuna, 15 ea Leschi, making six trips opt Sunday. further information regarding King county road call Main 5909, local 38. e- —-—- —--—-—. -__ 9 bulb fn either direction in the | socket, ing, think of The Star, | EMiott 5870 shway—Renton to eummit, via | #) TELEPHONE! Toany one of these agents and find how small isthe cost of security and peace of mind CARTER, MACDONALD & MILLER, Inc. FRANK WATERHOUSE & CO. Agents Aute Department; Standard Accident Department—Eliiott 71 WM. H. RITTER & CO. (Incorporated) BROADWAY AT PIKE—Phone East 777 INC, 109 Columbia Street—Ellictt 3240 Copyright, 1919, Edw. &. 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