The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 28, 1920, Page 9

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY TRUCKS Call East 842 And ask to see one of these Rebuilt Trucks: 3, 44-ton GMC, with or without body. 14%-ton GMC with body. 2-ton Federal Truck with body. Reo Speed Wagon. 1919 Dodge Delivery. 1918 Buick Delivery. 802 East Pike Street PRODIGA' MILWAUKEE, Wis., Fed. 21.—A lest Buick is at last coming, “What is your town doing as a SALES @ home after being shunted back | unit of the Automobile club?” is the | bét of automobiles registered with a\ high price of forth between crooks, courts and query advanced by Mana }A. Shelor in the March rt Dougias ue of the Buick branch here reported Western Motorist, the official maga-| in September, 1918, C. gine of the ciub, which is now com ing off the press. This question is directed to every member and director of the organ! zation in Western Washington, for charged vo TopEeng She | the club is now planning to tnaugu- h ben * | rate an enlarged service to members, brother, Harry, claimed $350 for re motorists and tourists that will cost . the cas, but the ex: the organization $35,000 for the 1920 the money 00 2 lseason. This additional means that the club directors will Buick Legg vere open eight additional branch offices for sag gs ba hod | April 1, to be located at Belling: hene-pead back to the nam. Mount Vernon, Everett, Otym and Loco toede-h | pia, Chehalis, Ellensburg, Wenatchee to buy « car ques. jand other potnts. Mapes, personal oo (road Information and other data wiii joe jbe teaued from these branch offices, ‘are no lees than %5,000/ Which will be in charge of trained dealers in the United @mployes. Two men will constantly |be on the roads gather highway | information and keeping up road | signs, | SEND IN was stolen from him last April. The petice and arrested Waiter service Second in Bu | Production in the automobile tn | dustry in America has reached « point where the National Automobile [Chamber of Commerce announces [that the 1920 business will rank second only to steel In 1919 motor vehicle production amounted to $1,807,594,580, and accessories were included, this figure would pass the two billion mark | New York state is first in the num- | total of 570,000 cars, Ohio's 511,000 automobiles give it second place, In the number of machines per ‘SPECIAL JO FOR RACES | | | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. | Three Frontenac ears, designed espe clanty for the coming Internationa! }500-mile race on the Indianapoli« motor speedway, Monday, have been nominated for the bix Hoosier event by Louls Chevrolet of America’s «reat rivers and rival of Fred Duesenberg and Harry Miller for the title of master | designer of American racing cars. With his three Frontenaca, Chev |rolet will in reality have a repre| |wentation of six care in the Indias apolis race, being tho designer also jof the three Monroe cars previously nominated for the event by William L. Small, wealthy Indianapolis > mobile magnate. Both the new Automobile Industry If botlies states is small. May 31, siness for 1920 | capita, Nebraska and lowa lead with approximately one car to every «ia people, This ix probably due ta the fact that the largest pereentage of ine in automobile registration has been in agricultural sections, while the total population of th | Undoubtedly the reason for this | Was the government guarantee for wheat: prices, while in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia the cotton gave these states leadership in the Increase of |automobile registration thruout the country . MANY SHORT CUTS IN CUTTING COSTS “In thin day of motoring, all moter car users have constontly before them economy of opera tion,” says A. F. Hawkinson, man sgee of the United Motors Co, “Upkeep cont to a great extent de- poms upon the driver, There are many short cuts to low operating expense, and the best I know of bx carefal @riving, watching faith fully the performance of the enw sine, and when anything dors go wrong, give it Immediate atten: thom.” _| teat board, \CLOSED CAR TYPES WIN #°% | sume the b PART DL TRAILERS AND TRACTORS 113 ‘Thia photograph shows a five-ton GMC, one of a Meet of 12 heavy duty GMC's, distributing olls and ganoline for the Beattie branch of the Union Of! company. They can be seen daily negotiating 8 attle's hills, always on the job, (BIGRACES ON TODAY INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb, 21 The stars of the speed world will re tie for the national driv ing championship with the race on | the new Los Angeles npecdway, Feb. |rumry 21, and endeavor to lower the colotn of Dario Resta, crowned {“king” in 1916. This will be the firet lchamplonship since the war, It ix decided upon a point basis and the jaward is made by the A. A. A. con the governing body of [major league automobile racing. The rules governing the championship jcontrol the amount of prize money joffered by setting & minimum per mile. It in also provided that the it leading drivers during the sea. json must compete In a championship This will prevent a star from | picking his favorite courses, unions | he ts below the fifth man at thei time. An honor s ship WOmnile event event which ie held in even ter exteem than the champion medal la to win the Indianapolis ‘This will be a cham: | plonship race and figure in the award, but the individual driver would gladly sell bis mplonship hances if aswured the Indi«napolis vietory BIG PURSE ATTRACTS ‘There are several reasons for thy attitude, The rich purse $50,000 | is @ factor, but not inthe same pro- | E Improved Type Falls Motor Big Car Luxury aa _s ry} i] Utmost Economy of Operation In a Light Car Model When a car that drives and rides m the class of the high-priced makes, and has the same essentials of construc- tion, yet sells for a medium price, the demand is always great. Yet we are able to make immediate delivery on a limited number of Saxon Sixes this month, Summit Motor Car Co. 1016 East Pike It is estimated that there will be two and onehalf million new motor vehicles produced in the United States this year. Mrs. Kdward ©. Griffith of New York city is the first woman to ob tain from the, Cuban government 4 leense to a an eutomobiie on that inland Four Women and One Chinese Held Discoverey of tab with the mames of Mra. Ray Moore, 28, Mra. EB. La} Hawkins, 2%, Mrs, BE. Bello, 25, and Buster Taylor, 22, in the pocket of Harry Thomas, Chinese, when he was arrested with a quantity of va acl IRE A ‘opium, led to their arrem Friday Detachable wheels for automobiles! Thomas and Mrs, Hawkins were were invented in Jand. arrested at the Caseade hotel, 916 vee nade 08a | Howell st. The other three wome The average output of motor ve were taken into custody at 901 Yes! hicles for 1919 in the United States ler way. Thomas had tho nareotice| Wan 6,045 per working day Inidden in a reeret pocket when ar- oa = ————— | rested by Sergeant W. I. Steeen and nnn} | Patrolman George Holmes and J, 0. The seating capacity of mobiles in use te this country leas than 30,000,000. a eens The attendance of the resens tomobile show held in Londen bered 285,837 people. (BIG REVUE. | It i this cm-operation that ts asked by the organization in carrying out | ® ae bee t aretinared for tne (S800, be astonished the racing} motor car. This is largely bec *\apeedway, because it takes driving ae aay j World with thelr unprecedented light: | it embodies so many of the up-to-| aii and not brute strength to keep neas, secured thru the use of alumi | date features of the best drawing}, car on the Indianapolis curse PIN' s eenaon Frontenacs and Monroe filers will be, In addition to the actual service | portion as the fume that goes to the | Steck, ‘The, four’ wasmun aaa ‘the ci) TERMINAL MARKET are urged to write to the directors| porance on the track, a8 the! from the pride of ownership. This|Da# been wen with a foreign car) } A ag Beats Highwaym: qrendered by the club. aes are sensational and startling. | the conservative, yet distinctive en | Sho miles on the campaigned during the last xeveral/ ably more than any other 10 1,000 giles on rage board William Cochrane, 605 Seventh om of|| " prosperity of all Western Washing- installed at the northeast corner night and had just crossed Fourth num on a seale that had been re) rooms Then, too, it combines with | Winning where it in a battle of with | Members of : anobile Clu of | t letor for the is International in bn the cynosure of the racing frater| derived from using an automobile «| Victor for vane Chinaman dre held in leu of $1,000 Western Washington in all towns! nity when they make their first ap-|turge part of the pleasure comes| reputation ax well as in name 4 | bait oe and advise these officials of the im- i juinee 1912. Another reason for 9 | provements which should be made fice rein, iavarably. produce remilts [of uimoct any new auromobiie, ‘But [driver to be envious of this etaim to | en hin road conditions and the service! J y | that the vietory is hard |) } men In the trie of Frontenacs that be closed car inspires this feeling prob: | {rn Driving ‘DEPA RIMENT STORE| by Fast Sprinting ; wricks at Indian: j 1| ' | The new public market to De )\ ave, was walking up James at. last | Second and Virginia, covering the | ave, when two men overtook him, ton. To make this effort an even entire ground floor of the Moses'| “Where are you going?” one ef greater success, every member is urged to recruit as many motorists as possible into the organization, for |giore members means greater serv- |ibe, both to the community and to | the city in which he resides. The state of California has nearly 3,000 leensed automobile dealers. ELECTRIC WORKS Ignition and Automotive Elec- trical Service, Machine Work. All jobs guaranteed. 1422 Testh Aveoue Phone East 666 MR, OAKLAND OWNER We ative free service on carbur etor tuning, adjusting brakes, ad- justing valve tappets, checking timing. Filling and testing bat- teries of any make. We Are Always at Your Service. If in Trouble catl g...0.—§- 518 Westlake North “Horse Sense” COMPARE THE QUALITY AND PRICE OF THE TRAFFIC 4,000- POUND CAPACITY TRUCK WITH ‘THAT OF ANY OTHER TRUCK ON THE MARKET AND YOU WILL REALIZE WHY THE DEMAND EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY. Buy Your Traffic Truck Shields-Livengood Motor Co. “The AllbAmerican House” Yakima Manufactured by Traffic Motor Truck Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. 4 Seattle Spoka East 100 ee [warded as impossible. Chevrolet ‘conclusively demonstrated the sound. |ness of bis ideas, however, by vend. ing bis fragile creations thru @ suo of the most gruelling con teate in history, and winning ma. | jority of the events in which they | competed. | cession GRAVEL KOADS The main gravel highways to the county, while improving, are net up to| Principle trouble, | their usual standard. All main high. tute and chuck holes. ways are panmable Krat-Dee Moines G04 | Des Motnes-Tacoms Highline Good Renton-Maple Valley Poor Maple Valley-Black Diamend—Fatr. Weodinville-Davall —- Fair, the rowgh in spot. Duvali-Pall City—-Fair Wier lg torn 4 rend up bill cast of Renton and past the new Dunkers to Muy Valley, Road good be yond May Valier of st of Nerth Pend) riain from day to ffice or Hiliott £3 Pleasure driv above Condition 1 up this information. not be attempted [McClean Pam Highway — (Auburn | Pnutnelaw-Green Water River)—Paved ection fine: gra \ Enumelaw good, & countered above Bnumelew. PAVED ROADS Paved ronde are in exosilent # & few canes, Repairs « om the Bethelt road, ot fe and between Kent and Oriitia, Drivers suould exercim care when pane , expecially at night o | deing eounty Une. ear Taylors mill, fully here, and Feery-—The ferry trom Moines to Portage has been re sumed. ‘The Beattle-Vachon Heights Harper ferry has been discontinued pending repairs For further information regarding King ounty roads, call Main 5900, local 24, Drive Dew OHIO HAS NIGHT SAFETY SIGNALS | Motorists along Ohio's roads next season will have no trouble riding at night, for this sign at danger points will glare at them and warn them | against aceidents. The Cleveland Automobile club has been putting these up thru the winter, While the word “Danger,” in red, iy ensily seen by day, the square be neath, at night, throws back a glow- ing red to the motorist as his head- lights strike it Antomobiles were barred from travel in Central park, New York city, 20 years ago. Nine powerful motor fire ap- paratuses were recently exported from the United States to Toyko, Japan. these the joy of traveling without/and comp ting with the best Euro jregard for time tables and with! pean drivers kee the Indianapolis [scarcely none for the weather. event a choice pium. It is also | “The new Davis four-passenger; noticeable that né man who bas had || ground floor will be |property, is well under way. The 120 feet on | Second Avenue, starting from the | corner, and 108 feet on Virginia. the strangers demanded, } don't know, but I'm on my wa Cochrane yelled, as he made | the netx two bincks in nothing flat. | AMERICAN lcoupe certainty awakens such o |oride In its ownership.” saye Wm.! Bradshaw, of the Summit Motor Cay Co, local distributors for the Geo W. Davis Motor Car Co, Luxurieusly Finished “A recital of such features as the! jong pleats of Turkish type uphol- stery, the unusually convenient steering wheel, perfection heater for| cold weather and easily adjustable! windows for warm, duplex head:| lamps and many others would im preas anyone. But it would not tn. elude anything of the beauty of de sign and finish, the performance of the powerful six-cylinder engine, economy of operation and other equally important contributions to the success and appearance of the | complete car “Theos oan speak only for them-, solves as the car is in actual use—| in the hands of the owner. But! each one contributes its part to that) joy of owning a Davis whieh in spires faith in what the car will do in ordinary driving or g° emer gency.” TRUCK WINS Truck buyers in the British Isles are favoring trucks of American manufactute more and more in their purchases, according to word re ceived by Wm. M. Livengood, vice president of the Shields-Livengood Motor company, from the Traffic Motor Truek corporation af 8t.| Louis, Mo. The city council of Glasgow, Scot. land, hus purchased a Traffic truck | for general utility work in and| around the city. Traffic trucks are bly represented in this territory by | the Northwestern Motors Go., Lta. of Liverpool, England, who report! this sale to be doubly significant be- | cause it not only demonstrates the | jsupremacy of American-made trucks | | over those of British and Continental manufacture, but alsg establishes |Traffic as the peer of American trucks in the opinion of the city council of Glasgow, RANKS THIRD IN BRITISH ISLES - Glasgow is the third city in size and in tmportance {n the British Isies, It has a population of one million inhabitants, The eity coun. cil is considered one of the most pra gressive in the coun at the same time demanding full value for money expended. The decision to buy a Traffic truck was announced after a severe compe tition, during which every ly.cortant commercial vehicle, BAlish, Conte nental and American, was demon strated. It ts, indeed a high tribute |to Traffic to be chosen from the field, The Traffic, lowest priced 4,000-pound capacity truck in the world, owes its prestige to the fact that it is built to last, to give serv- foe and to satisfy, Traffic’s durabil- ity, reliability and eeanomy, both in price and operation, has made it the sensation of the truck field in the British Isles, | skill, ability, or wax in a position when the opportunity offered to step out and win, has lost his life. The seven winners will not compete, but the five who are still active in racing will be present May 21st BIG TIRE DEMAND ~ IN SIGHT THIS YEAR AKKON, ©. Feb. 28.—Tire manu facturers of this city, who produce more than 60 per cent of the tires of he world, are looking forward to an unprecedented demand for tires. Experts of the local Chamber of Commerce place the number that will be wanted annually at $0,000,000 tires for pleasure vehicles and motor | trucks, The output at present for the United States is about 45,600,000 Rased upon figures of automobile makers that during the present year 1,600,000 pleasure cars and between 260,000 and 400,000 auto trucks will be produced, the experts estimate at least 67,000,000 tires will be required for 1920, The city of Akron has grown be yond capacity, dne to the increase in rubber manufacture here. ‘The ratio of industrial workers to the whole population if much larger here than in other cities, because a large num ber of men have come here for work who could not bring their Gumilies along because of a shortage of houses, FARMERS USE MOST TRUCKS IN U. S. A. Farmers lead all others in adopt ing the truck for commercial pur poses, According to figures compiled by the departinent of agriculture, there are about 7,000,000 farms in the country, while the number of motor trucks used on them is about 80,000. Altho 42 per cent of the ‘ar™s4 are over 100 acres, most of the motor trucks are used on farms of lesser acreage, where intensive farm ing im done, ‘Truck . manufacturers estimate that 150,000 trucks will b made in 1920, Those figures give some of the field for motor trucks on farms, and the compara tively amall truck production to meet the demand, The Goodyear company has been & big factor in demonstrat: ing to farmers the advantages of trucks, staging many trips thra the South and West, The trucks are shown in action on farms in varied work and under all conditions. Their Motorize the Farm bureau will con tinue this valuable educational work | during 1 LIGHT CAR PLANS BEING WORKED OUT CLEVELAND, ©., Feb, 28.—Altho efforts to replace cast iron construc tion with aluminum have been #o far unsuccessful, the task to obtain a lighter car than ever hag not been given up. One of the organizations still at it {ethe Aluminum Castings Co., of this city. Automobile engineers are work: | ing out plans by which an .all-alumt- num machine will be manufactured, toward the end of making a large car, but of light weight, | the front The front will be improved with @ (Cochrane then telephoned to police |marqnee comting over $3,000, ‘The!| headquarters that he believed the interior will be a cement floor; will || men intended to stick him up. No be newly wired throughout, very (trace of the strangers twain was well lighted. The entire back will), found by policemen who searched |be glass, making an exceptionally jhe neighborhood. large, light, airy market. A statr-|| enemas | way will connect with the lower | FUNERAL RITES for Fred Hagg-| floor, which is on @ level with the || man, 31, who. died at Firland sani-| alley. ‘The lower floor, which al-'|tarium Friday, will be held Seturday | | ready has a cement floor, will be|/afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Butter. remodeled and well decorated. This||worth chapel. Haggman was an ele {will provide space for a farmers'||vator operator and a brother of | market. Walter F. Haggman, district man- The second oor will contain & |ager of the F. J. Weodison Go., of | department store, including dry || Seattle | goods, millinery, ladies’ cloaks and || —+——--—~ |wutts, This will occupy the entire! back end of the room, ‘The front)| will contain meat markets on both |! wides of the stairway leading to , the upper floors. The balance of will be divided. into|| | spaces for a drug store at the cor || {ner entrance; bakery, butter and|| lemme, tea, coffee and spices, grocer- || |tes, frults and vegetables. Between || |the front and rear section of the|| jmarket there will be a Se and 10c|! | store. The blue prints are now ready, \showing all of these improvements jand applications will be received jand acted on according to date re-| jcelved. We can accommodate about| |20 people on the ground floor, and|| jexpect to accommodate 50 on the|| |lower floor, We expect to have over 800 applications for space in|! this market, according to the ex-|) perionce of Mr. Manard, who! planned the Liberty aad Jackson! Street Markets, and who has just) furnished the new tenants for the | Becker Market, at the southeast |corner of Third and Madison. In view of the fact that the city! intends to put ina Terminal Station | in this immediate neighborhood, in || \addition to the fact that the car tracks are now being laid on Vir-|| jginia street to bring the traffie)) from Westlake Avenue over to First Avenue, and that this is now the terminal of the Alki, Youngstown and Georgetown cars, and also will be the terminal of the Lake Burien line and Queen! Anne cars from the door, makes this an ideal location for a market || and department store. As soon as|| the market is established on this| corner it is the intention of the promoter to take off the three jupper floors now occupied by }a rooming house, and add six ad-|' |ditional stories for department |store purposes. Another reason| for securing space in this market}; is that it is surrounded by some 20 apartment hauses and hotels,| and will also be tributary to the) new 1,000-room apartment house soon to be erected in this district Leases will be given for 5 years to all tenants desiring them. We | know that a good many poople will be disappointed in not being able to secure space, so it is to your interest to call at once and look over the bine prints and place a deposit on the space desired. Will be under management of Manard Rental Agency, L. Cy Smith Butiding. ee T= SATISFACTION ence has been laid. That little sum laid away savings bank every week wisdom. night. * Dexter Horton Trust and Savings Bank * Second Ave. and Cherry St. Opefi Saturday Evenings 6 to 8 o'Clock Combined resources Dexter Horton Trust and Savings Bank and Dexter Horton National Bank Exceed forget the Table d'Hote BD served every Sunday. This with a big eoncert program, is becoming one of the features @ the Butler. t of savings is the satisfaction of knowing that the foundation of financial independ- securely in a or month is the margin between foolishness and It means that in a few years, perhaps when you need it most, a sub- stantial sum of money will be available and will be drawing interest day and '$26,000,000.00 |