The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 30, 1919, Page 18

EPARTMEN SY TRAILERS AND ACTORS UTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES, nnn IPANY PROVES ER CON ‘Good Roads Boosters Gather ! at Big Yakima Convention Eyery Seattle booster of good roads and all exponents of Washington state unexcelled anywhere in the nation for Scenic, hard-surfaced highways, will participate in the annual convention of the Washington State Good Roads Bssociation to convene in Yakima on September 1 and ‘ President KR. M. Dyer, of the Av ze Addre Mhoblip Club of Western Washingtor © MAR message addressed to the hers of that organisation ern Washington, appealed that DOM motorists and good roads en “i participate in the conven @easions. President Dyer is par Pewlarly anxious that this district © Send & dig representation to Yakima nd enlist its support in all mea that will assist in upbulkiing * State highway system. The official program of the con ¥Yention, announced this week, is as “MONDAY, SEPT. 1 ») 980 a. m—Registration e ~- ue & m.—Call to order, mayor of Yakima and v President's annual address, ) B. Coffman, Chehalia 200—Reports of committee. OTOR CAR VS. PULLMAN |The man who mounts a Pullman these days to hie away with his ly on that annual v jon trip Jonely chap, opines D. W tin of the Summit Motor com Y, distributors for Davis Sixes | SNo longer does he find a halt @een Or so of his fellow men, on Similar missions bent, with whom to Bway the tedious hours en telling tales of rifle, rod and Says Mr. Hotehkin. on vacations By rail sim- being done any more. The car has wrought the change In a few briefs years. are the crowds of merry 3IG PAP THE WOR Ad, EWING PAPER 0. a in ot Y . akima arbec Le ‘Tuesday, Sept. 2 Nat ):00 nal Highways 00—Luneh Addresses on Settieme Si Al aston and State ghways ssea by H James P. H.C Interstate Hi Northwest bert ton Getting of highways in northwest 4305 tions and Election of finance. ng committ rs resolu “99% Factory Built”— The Briscoe Automobile Is D PEND, Eu Three-Quarter-Ton Model Delivered to B. G. Ewing Paper Co, ments ‘GOODRICH MAPS HELP \ bit of | man, £9 | of Wilford ¢. W, MeKay, both hio, these Tt experience of the Seattle house om influenced purcham same truck ch Spokane This phot omc graph mpany truck tly — ® Gdhous " f oon ng aithem to time.|for thelr Spoka NEW HEADS OF SEATTLE FORD PLANT WELL KNOWN AUTO MEN Greeley's Go west Horace advice, we for in the 7 Wood and Mar of Wilmingtor young red-blooded themselves westward by obile answering the call of nature, and all that the great Pacif country “America's Playgrour and the | “Tourists’ Par has to offer. From W Obic journey via Da Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Omaha, North Platte, Basin, Yellowstone Park, Butte, Spokane, Yakima—and | Rea they ped in Seattle to visit Mr. | got: ‘auuere” ists who used to pack the| McKay's brother, E. B. McKay, who| between Ke cars throughout the long, /Tesides at $20 26th ave. 8 ao ag Seen ged lenaieeitie an cxooldingty "wes son: [eerie eae siastic and exceedingly we find them speeding They (Pressed with the Pacific northwest in their rater outes, They {2d are high in their praise for the | . ¥ | invaluable assistance rendered them ire w'to 2 Be eae ied by the correct maps and touring In- | jformation issued and distributed | | miles for them. gratis by the B. Goodrich Rub- famous young reson on Renton-Kent—CGravel road on east side revel ros Cand Thom should use p os ¥. time is come at last teint | Nae company. They stated that are really seeing America— | Goodrich Road Maps Touring motor car hes made this Information were used exclusively | jon the entire trip and they would nds of happy Davis own-|not dare resume their trip without out on the highways these | them. days—some ps @riving the| They further claim that Goodrich ‘Davis. The new Davis five} Road Maps and Touring Informa open car is ideal for tour-|tion are the most efficient and ac It rides easily—for the springs | curate road data available and they | a ‘and resilient, the cushions |could not say enough for the way | and restful, the seats ~ sel Soe AR, > pga Road sturdity built—it will am-| he: them, | m e the yp Peco of tong| Mr. Wood and Mr. McKay intend | i returning home to Wilmington, Ohio, B mre | via California and the Lincoln Bk | Highway Route tn time to rewume FOR DIRT | their studies in September at the ny cars, water and dirt in| Obio State University system cause almost end-/| a 3 SMe which may very likely | OIL LEAKS i ed to the engine proper.| In engines not fitted with spectal a will clog the minute crevice|yaive stem guide bushings exces- Believue-Newport—Fair ¢ 3 Carburetor; causing numer-| sive wear of the guide and conse-| Wiburton: coed remainde Ww iar symptoms of trouble| quently valve stem side play and | Seattie-Renton—Via Rainier Valley—City | 9 vt Many cars have no | oi) leakage may be prevented by section now under tract between ‘take except a metal strainer/reaming the guide and fitting aj Rainier Beach and ; tank. for preventing the en-| bronze bushing. The bushing may > Eee of dirt into the fuel system. be obtained already machined from i Suggested that the owners of| any supply house. In fitting the wo equipped fit @ trap in the valve should center on the tappet, line. All the larger manu-| otherwise there will be a of carburetors have de-) thrust against the bushing and of this kind. | will wear eccentrically. follow a car too closely, . it may stop without warning. Fnumctaw Qood. Aubare-Black Diameed reek road; also via @ Kenton-Maple Valley narrow road. Use « Maple Valley-Mlack Di) Sunset Highway fair, From Road in « eClettan Deliveries in Rotation Mitchell Motor and Service Co., Inc J. M. OSMOND, Pres. and Mgr. Information| 4 . i With. the demand for Ford cars,tion, has seen many years of serv, Summit and Pine trucks heavier tha at anyiice with the Ford M company {time in the past few months, the|His duties before coming to Seattle tion ew managere of the Ford Motor| were as manager in charge of steel — Re branch find them-| production at the main plant to sup | his record there was a brillia Se ¥ Ww. ager, comes Portiand somewhat urves ® a W. S. McNamara and W. H. Goodwin, Manager and General Manager of a? HAVE YOUR AUTO WASHED IN 24 MINUTES NOW _ FIRM HAS SYSTEM THAT WORKS FAST | im. giving pans’ Seattle and Falls City —6 . straining every one of the from Ford he was the Port led demands mar wad-Telt—Orer Toit hitl, in ev fon nting branch people who for de rtest possible time Via Leke Sammamish | have 0 where whole in in CLEVELAND =) orders charge of His to hix appointment to the important Ret sale manager the ah # ‘4 ery land territory work there McNamara, Ford of who comen at Detroit local organiza charge the position he now holds here You've noticed it about tires, of course—that when you blow one it's nearly always out in the country, 18 miles from civilization, on an untraveled road. The blame thing generally goes off with a bang that jolts the sleeping birds into life and that scares you out of ten years of growth. The worst of it is that deep down in your heart The autos advance on a concrete incline, and at each of four stops a separate washing operation is per- you know the fifth tire you have bece hauling formed by a different set of workmen. CLEVELAND, 0,, Aug. 23. A UTO TRADE NEEDS MEN of #k thru CAUSE OF TROUBLE In some carburetors the float bow! is held in place by means of }@ small leaf spring, the end of which 1s notched to fit into a_de- pression in the cover. Sometimes nd you can see It. But the|the float bowl cover comes loose, | the WATCH DISTRIBUTER @ careful watch on the dis- ter. In case of a leak in the Bh-tension wires a spark will acute ae: There is an ar ed labor tn the Un Chica, motor tr articularly ed States, and oy it in reported may be jumping inside and|causing bad float action. Care in in Rot know anything about it. So| watching the tension of this spring the cover occasionally and|is the only cure for this, and in ut the dust. By this means|some cases this cover may even is avoided long before it| become warped and practically pre- vent the float from moving | Guaranteed Magneto Service A few minutes spent in having your magneto test- ed may result in many hours saved thru trouble in your electrical equipment. Skilled men are at your service, and Lighting System adjusted and re- Starting 4 paired by men who know how. “Drive In for Service’ | Sunset Electric Co. Broadway, Between Pike and Pine. East 160 Portland Arthur Woods, assista of war, t Colonel the secretary of a leading mot re, therefore exce ties for skilled labor along any lconnected with the motor industr lror finding satisfactory employment ‘This offers an attractive field to reed service men, « many of whom received a th training in the handling of mo’ during thelr service in the army | The motor industry, it is further re ported, has utilized the discharged soldiers and satlors to the fullest extent. Practica of the nen return who motor reem man along the ¢ ” ma ‘ disch or s services 0! the servic the been rom enlisting, were in have a trai great ned ice, who have been motor lines while in the also found employment On account of the labor unrest in practically all skilled labor lines, however, and on account of the falling off of immigration and ap prenticeship during the period of the there still a number of ex opportunities to ex before the war the motor indus ng the war acquired trad have war are cellent open |service men who were members tr: skill in © who dur the motor BOLTING UP practiced hand ea in stinctively feel that a nut has been pulled up as tight! for the bolt elum parti han treatme the hands thing that those who than to 1 |wrench is that the jto be pulled around position to allow a to be expo: above 4 eastellated nut to In the nut with | bolt. Another thing that 1 bolt {s when its awry, because th surface of the |metal about the hole not tru with it, This causes elonga |tion of one side of the at short portion of its Only a an at nut often to a ha certain hol it cotterpin it, or if alig the the hol In bad for the head is forced is an bolt one length aide of a street car to get out of a | bite | Don't try to dodge around the left- | ' blockade, 5 ie ne patton Se heh * around under guise of being prepared for any and all emergencies, is, in reality, another dud! While you go to the theatre, your ’ car gets a bath and grooming But if you're only stopping a lunch something at the foun- tain, you can still have the toilet pet motor vehicle performed inconvenience to Of course there are women folks present so for or so you can't give free and unrestrained sway without yourself. | to your feelings—all you can do is to kick up the dust and “Darn it!”—which, all things considered, is pretty considerably in- delay vor say: It'll all in the system of the new Euclid auto wash, which takes your bua at the and in four - se itis of ms ile Kick. | ProRTessive operat turns it out With the impetuosity an army mule kick- |r arene w MHA Oe the: PARE Se ng a hole in the surroundings, you jerk the\24 minutes shining ike a new| | fifth ‘its resting place. dollar. | : The progres plan of washing yeuosity, however, slackens mightily, as you | automobiles introduced here ts like jet down in the dust, untie the bum tire, and |\y to become standard in all big auto yo through the tedious process of adjusting |®*oming establishments The syste he Suchd the new shoe. ; rs are a in the Euclid Four concrete an incline adequate to the occasion, ns tire from Your im- ve auto built on width of the tarcks 2 pit or trough by get under the runways, the Between After you've put in a couple of years’ work during the next hour getting the fifth tire on it and the busted one hoisted up to the back of your machine, you're finally ready to start cautiously toward*town, But, of course, it never fails in a case of this kind, after you've progressed about three-quarters of a mile—bang!—the fifth tire lets go like a mine explosion and rips itself to bits all around its circumference! are each automobile wl els is wast rs can onto a run-| s stopped between two plat 8 running its length, A man on | of these platforms attacks the > with air Un-| ath the car water is turned into | spray running the th, and this loc accumu of mud minu and length of and from a y Hot and a keros ar is rolled hose and brushes. You make the rest of the trip on the -< |Of your car and you swear that from now on| te ly henceward you'll always carry a fifth wheel| ar will be in A No. 1 condition. But like | TUM | len: ens the and grease, less is the first | moves forward each workmen chassi) tented mixing and cold water | pray to cut the or one side attacks Soapsuds other wheels all other autoists, you never do. | ~ BRAKE GENTLY TO AVOID SHOCK that the ¢ ith 1¢ applied ivance tap one PROPER IDLING of cars ¢ small grease | Another « chine to the either ider the eng aiftic The carb of fact the caused by the spark cause to roll when idling | sho with all the symptoms of loading. B g the spark ¢ plugs, the tre alt hotr member ar ewill ngth brings the ma who from and fend atop if the jammed on, thus | ers This method| ‘The last un o} more brake attack idling, that a matter in sper owner usual side bod ure they the fault ble 4 plug iretor 1 than ff ling on the of the who dust A usually trou x-mir in and vac und and ute trick the hands um men, upholstery ary the br action the brakes then released easily to a clutch engaged just long | chamot h not to stall the motor }- 30) @ | extra OR PIRE | The where th vator of the In Applied, comes put kes also 1 gaps being the vents skidding nd be til the ¢ Keep th motor cushions the top inside the and body with un ur stop. increa and clean the able will bi ing cured polish is desired and done off work | this the like minutes for comes runway an CARBUR In the 1 retor catches fire be fire, the conflagration may t guished by turning off the timed ix allowed ele the opera When sly haft a | that either not test up or that the contact line switch are proper contact, stall erank safe bet battery starting to hould the storag. to the motor pin the it isa re case earbu: a back extin schedule is maximum each tion gasoline hundred to 800 cars a day {s ary 1 and then Ing the engine, In this | the estimated capacity of the institu of the} way the engine sucks the flaming | tion not making the] liquid out of the carburetor and so| Bach track is 100 feet long. Ten | the fire dies out of itselg, powerful lights on euch side of either | Six nece points wee we ge | when , track above and a row of lights along; the floor illuminate the work. But the entire building during the day ts light as outdoors be of the 5 expanse of g the roof. On either side of entrance next the gatekeeper’s stand, where each driver receives a check for his car, are retiring rooms for custom ers. Restful furnishings and toilet facilities ause «in the featured. for tourists ar DANGER POINT IN STORAGE BATTERIES One thing that a good automobile owners can not un- derstand about batteries is the way they hang on and keep giving service right up to the minute y refuse to work at b folks reason,” er of Charles the Willard r, “that the little weaker slower until the out.” many ought start tery to get a little ‘adually a a bat- rs wears Sometimes a battery but another on working ready to fall are opened up active material » broken up that together. This to old age we never without the a battery in d not last a might go out of time on the r “Most car the acts one may until ft is 4 to piec that keep tual When way cells will not be due it may open owne this ¢ at rs conse yndittor while service at ud owne truth rs are anxi about their prefer to have a when they proaching know teres bat know the I WANT THE LAKE “We believe cars can be cleaned quicker and better when each man’s work is confined to one operation,” s W. H, Norris, manager of the plant. “It's the theatre patrons the East 97th Euclid company will es- pecially cater to. Motorists will pay no parking charge for cars checked with us for a wash while they see | the show.” |PNEUMATICS FAST COMING IN FAVOR A of service the ivantage of the use pneu- atic cord tires is becoming in- creasingly prominent, is the opera- tion of big passenger busses and mail hes. Having first been ed in the United States, has now spread to many countries, where their po is proving successful country ssenger and mail Jing in the northern Zealand, over Mount using White two-ton ped with class in which of big use foreign formance in this as aD For instance, line operat part of Nev Messenger, { tru Goodyear cord tires front and 40x8 rear The road forr Jroute traveled is the winter moi been ks equir ation ing fo: The | ever, erat pract of now opt use now big pneumatic es this line yusly, no atter wha is to the ture ts weat to break speed reco WASHINGTON BOUL Seattle Tama natural and in paving the tween Bellevue, King county tizen purces, and stretch t nie re 11-mil Newport Signed the developmer immedia boulev s for demand Was! herewith he Lake ington and Renton Add