The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 23, 1919, Page 19

OLD TESTS NOT ENOUG ‘The old gravity test for gasoline | Teally tells nothing of its effictency | because gasolines of the same Krav! ity May differ greatly in boiling Points, and boiling points are the only true measure of gasoline value, | By mixing two gasolines of high Sravity and low gravity, & combi Ration can be obtained which will Meet whatever gravity test is de-| sired, but such, fuel would not work @fficiently in an automobdile engine. | + When, however, the boiling point test is used, the refiner can be sure Of maintaining the quality of his Product and the motorist can be Sure of a uniform gasoline, Every Gasoline, for good service, Must pos. fess a gradually rising series of bolling points, Low boiling points re absolutely eswential for starting, but are useless for high power. High Doiling points give power, but no motor would start if onty the high | oiling points were used. The full chain of boiling points must be pre- ented. Sales Manager EK. T. Whitson and Salesman Fred Maudsley, snapped Truck Demonstrations Prove Their Value to the Farmer By WARREN B, BULLOCK (Formerly Captain, Motor Transport Corps, U. S. A.) The biggest rural truck demonstration in the history of the industry is now under way, to prove to the farmer the practical value of the motor vehicle in the country. Simul- taneously the cross-continental trip of army trucks is trying jout a comprehensive method of securing cost figures for truck operation on long haul. | Two great organizations, the United States army and jthe National Association of Motor Truck Sales Managers, jare working at this great problem from two widely different | standpoints, and the preliminary figures already show that the two tours, each over a thousand miles of highways, will prove-of untold value not so much to the truck salesman and manufacturer, as in the facts and figures for use of the truck operator and owner. The army tour is a large scale the region about these Iowa and demonstration and test of the work | Dakota cities, were 2,090 to farmers of motor trucks in America, and/ alone. over American highways, as thty| were less than 6,000 trucks sold in were used for hauling supplies to/ the city of Chicago. By checking up the front during the world war. The | the totals of truck sales te farmers | difference is in the long haul prob |in the Omaha district as well, ft ts |lems of America, which has thou sands of miles to traverse, to the hundreds of miles of the more con: densed and congested Europe. The figures will, therefore, be more ae- curate and definite than was pos. sible during the stress of war, and more valuable to the truck industry. ‘The commercial tour, now well under way in its sixty-day demon- stration through the central states, is receiving government and state cooperation, owing to the impor tance of the figures which will be secured on truck operation, and the known value be the truck to the farmer, as being proved by actual operation of the trucks. ‘The figures so far are only rough estimates, but they tend to show that with as big a fleet of trucks as te participating in the tour, the) results can be far more. readily standardized than has been possible in any previous experimenting. The most interesting figure, however, is that showing the manner in which | the truck has already become a farm foros The use of the truck, | city man has supposed, was |ehiefly confined to the big city concerns, but the reverse ix in a fair‘way to be shown the fact. fictency the 3,000 mile . tour of TRUCK DEMONSTRATION varolus types of trucks of different Towa produces the most striking | manufacturers, it is found that on |figures in this connection. The| the average the trucks are making | Sioux City, Stoux Falls region, is| three and a fourth trips of 23 miles poe 4 most striking example. Last|to the horse-drawn vehicle's one and year's sales of trucks to farmers in‘ one-fourth trips, while the truck car- Guaranteed Quality Lowest Prices The NATIONAL TIRE COMPANY offers for your selection a stock of Standard-make Tires at prices that will attract the most critical buyer. We carry no culls or junk tires, but specialize in high-grade casings that will satisfy the most exacting motorist. Our guarantee on all tires is absolute, covering a mileage of from 3,500 to 5,000, adjustments being made in the usual way. The NATIONAL TIRE COMPANY is a Seattle concern, having no connection with any tire store chain. We are owned and operated by local men, and conduct our business on a basis of the strict- est fair dealing. Only straight-distilled gasoline has the necessary boiling points. Eeeratiediinemnrmceninteneniinnntiitersnte—> ton GMC Rebuilt from Radiator to Rear Axle centering in Omaha has sold more Chicago, with its larger total popu lation, purchased in the same time. The story of how a western far mer “beat the market" by shipping cattle on trucks is duplicated with hogs on a huge scale thruout the Missouri river valley, where the truck is the chief transportation medium from the immediately adja- cent territory to the packing houses at Kansas City, Omaha and &t. Jo- seph, Mo. It is even more true in the more congested eastern districts, and Indianapolis is an especially im- portant example ‘of the manner in which the truck is used to bring livestock to the slaughter, ‘The great argument being offered for the motorization of the farm is in the more Intensive farming neces sary under present living conditions. Tt takes one farmer today to raise the food for every three American families, and {t takes five acres to support him. Tt takes several horses to do the hauling work of one prop erly equipped motor truck. TRUCK DEMONSTRATIONS In the proving of motor truck ef. For a limited time only we offer a good first- grade tire at the following extremely low prices. The mileage guarantee is 4,000. 80K31% Non-skid ..........$13.95 32x31 Non-skid ...... 17.80 33x4 Non-skid - $24.30 q 34x4 Non-skid $24.75 835x414 Non-skid - $35.10 j We also have a lot of tires which are technically classed as If” cash accompanies’ your reconds, but for all intents and purposes they are as good order, tires are shipped prepaid. an firsts, and should be just as serviceable. If you wish, we will ship C. 0 and we guarantee them for 3,500 miles. are many well-known makes, such as MILLER, FIRESTONE, All are brand new Among there tires ee eee eee FISK, PORTAGE, AMAZON and many others, Ten days’ time is allowed for ex- Aan. 4k ean ay 30x3 Non-skid .......... $11.75 hkstets We and nde seu tbdey 80x3% Non-skid .... 13.95 pane ah 81x3% Non-skid ‘ 16.90 3 81x4 Non-skid WE DO NOT SUBSTITUTE, B2x4 Non-skid but reserve the right to return 38x4 Non-skid your money if tire selected is out 35x4 Non-skid of stock. 84x44 Non-skid 7 ; Reference: Scandinavian Amer- en let q jean Bank of Seattle, ABOVE PRICES INCLUDE WAR TAX. NATIONAL TIRE CO. HERBERT W. FINCK, President 801 Union Street, corner Eighth Avenue Seattle, U. S. A. Westcott Large Six to W. A. Hayes, During the same pertod there | found that the packing house region | | trucks to farmers than the city of| fn Volunteer Park before delivering With a record of three carloads sold since receiving the first ship. ment on July 22, the Standard Mo tor Car company is anxiously await ing the arrival of additjonal carloads to meet the ever-inereasing demand for the Westeott, appropriately named the “car with the longer life.” ‘The model shown above, which ts & Westcott Big Six, was photo- | eraphed in Volunteer Park on an | Inspection trip before being delivered to W. A. Hayes at the Calhoun Ho- tel, president of the North Amer jean Gold and Silver Mining com- |pany, Mr, Hayes and party will y eave soon for a tour of the United States, making the first stop at Chi cago, continuing on thru the east and returning by way of the south ern route via California | Bam Inch, manager of the Stand amt Motor Car company, is one of the oldest automobile men in Se attle, and haw been in business here for 35 years, 10 of whieb have been spent in the care and sale of automo- | diles. Mr. Inch has the distribution of the Westcott in all of western Washington, and will carry a stock | of parts large enough to supply all hin owners in this efty, and to care j for the wants of his dealers in the | territory Mr. car to the user equipped with every thing necessary to the owner's | safety, comfort and convenience. He believes that an owner should not be expected, immediately after pur chasing a car, to invest in an ex | Pensive accessory equipment to make his car over into what ts de wired, That is one of the reasons why he nelected the Wenteott line This car comes completed equipped, and It's perfection of appointment is not to be found in many cars far beyond it in the price clans. A Continental six-cylinder motor, | Deteo ignition, Rayfield carburetor, Warner tranamiasion, Hotehkina @rive, Timken axles throughout, Gemmer steering gear, Willard stor age battery, Stewart vacuum feed and cord tires are proof of the clans of the Westcott Larger Six. and with the superlative equipment pro- vided, the factory turns out an au- tomobile that Any motor fan wil! Welcome with detight. { of the little detafls that go far to win friends for the line are & Westcott welfacting top, carbur etor regulating device on mteering Inch belleves in delivering «| Post, Elgin watch, tire pump, gaso- line gauge and cignr lighter on tn- strument board, spotlight socket and ammeter. ries about twice the load, this figure being roughly extimated for the two types of vehicle, ‘ The tour is interesting to farmers in that different trucks are equi With bodies fitted for all “ace ments of the farmer, Bodies for grain, vegetables, garden produce, boxed fruit, livestock and common freight are included, and the tour is being made at the rate of about 50 miles ‘a day, with demonstration expertments en route SALES PLAN PERFECTED With the appointment of Mr. FE. F. Scheurer as factory manager of the Spokane district, and the es- tablishment of offices at 1408 Old National Bank buliding,) Spokane, Wash. the Willys light division of the Electric Auto-Lite corporation, Toledo, Ohio, has perfected its dealer organisation in this terri- tory, with the Sander-Prentice corporation handling distribution tn Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Willys light Is a modern electric lighting and power plant for farms, rural schools and churches, sub- urban homes, yachts, ete. It is be- ing manufactured by the Electric Auto-Lite corporation, one of the John N. Willys industries and the world’s largest manufacturers cf starting and lighting sys automobiles. It is being by the Willys light division of the Auto-Lite corporation thru an or- ganization of distributors and deal- ers extending thruout the United States and Canada. District sales offices have been established by the company in De- troit, St. Louls, Spokane, Denver, Syracuse, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Dallas, Quantity production of this light and power plant, which fs destined to provide the farmer and suburb- Anite with all the electrical con- veniences of the clty, already has been demanded by the immense | volume of business which followed | ita announcement only a few weeks | ago. The Willys plant ts said to be the most complete power and lighting system developed t It is operated by a Willys sleeve valve motor, which operating costs and at the time affords Increased efficiency. The complete plant consists of the Willys-Knight engine, a di- regtly connected generator, a sim ple control box and a storage bat- | tery of 16 cella, The Knight en- gine burns kerosene. It is air- cooled, self-cranking, self-running and self-stopping. The generator is shunt wound for 32 volts and it delivers 750 watts. The 16-cell battery has a capacit 4 It is possible to clear out a Ford oll pipe which has become clogged by taking off the front gear plate, which discloses the cam gear, and this is removed with a puller, Now the end ed on and the obstruction is blown out. Without this little trick it ts necessary to tear down the engine 1 to wet at an obstruction of this kind of the pipe is exposed, and to this an, air hose is connected, the air is turn- | TODAY 30 FINE USED CARS THE BEST WE'VE EVER HAD PICK YOURS OUT OF THIS LIST DODGE TOURING ’I6 OAKLAND ROADSTER '18 $250 $350 Balance $40 per month. Balance $60 per month. PAIGE TOURING 18 $475 Balance $75 per month. OVERLAND TOURING $125 Balance $25 per month. DODGE TOURING ‘17 $280 Balance $45 per month. CADILLAC TOURING $220 Balance $35 per month. SAXON SIX ROADSTER °18 .. $250 Balance $45 per month. MITCHELL LIGHT SIX °18 $380 Balance $60 per month. MITCHELL 3 PASS. ’18 $450 Balance $65 per month. STUDEBAKER SIX "18 $350 Balance $60 per month. STUDEBAKER SIX TOURING $285 Balance $30 per month. BRISCOE TOURING 18 $275 Balance $45 per mionth. OAKLAND TOURING '17 $300 Balance $50 per month. VELIE TOURING ‘17 $400 Balance $65 per month. HARROUN TOURING ’18 $265 Balance $40 per month. MITCHELL SIX TOURING "18 $450 Balance $65 per month. GRANT SIX TOURING °17 $280 Balance $45 per month. AND . 1S MORE GOOD AUTOMOBILES J. M. Osmond, Pres. and Mer. EAST PINE AT SUMMIT