The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 15, 1920, Page 16

ag. T CARS FOR 20 YEARS Not only t» National one of the of American automobile mak: | but thruout two decades of con @ success and steady growth, it Played the stimulating role of Ploneer with marked consist & Innovations, either in basic dosten [MP Aistinct refinements, have been Pronounced in National cars, from to year, that the motoring pub- has come to look upon the Na engineers as evolutions principles in gaso- a fountainhead | Shields-Livengood Are Showing ine motor construction. BEiven the first National, built back f the horseless car | automobiles were was notable for its ad style Se This Father Adam of the National ‘ fly, was an electric, and made tts | ft at the first American automo- Show, held in November, 1900, at Square Garden, New York company with only four other of cars that have survived to day. a ED CAR Py At this early date, when gasoline % used for scarcely any other pur p than cleaning of clothes, the engineers realized that the| @istillates of petroleum Feplace electricity and steam | Sources of automotive power, and | @eveloping a gas car of radical! ©) The first National car was intro-| 4 im 1904, and proved the novel) that the public had patiently 4. The engine had four , the drive was thru shaft, ! the rear axle was of the full | ting type. “Bach of these features marked a! dep ctike since Ye being tranamitte: Bo fhe dependable and abundant developed by the first Nation- was a -revelation, arty mode! sprang « turdy champions rnational fame on / y and road. © Two years later, National stood} for another innovation—the E American six-cylinder car—and ed a type of. construction that lume destined to predominate in ye to come | Then followed nine fruitful years “power refinem nd National, | Gm the spring of 1916 ed the trail for multiple-cylinder construction WHR am tweive-cylinder car that was| ) immediately accepted by the con- | Roineeurs as the proverbial “last © Word” in this type of design Thus, in the creation and perfec-| tion of all s of cars—fours, sixes and twelves— National engineers} " We ever served ax the forerunners} automotive progress | *POWERGOES | WITH BEAUTY | “Besides beauty there must be de-| /Pendable power in a modern motor} > ear,” says Mr. 5. M. How, general} sales mans of the Haynes Auto- | Mobile company, Kokomo, Ind. “In | @@der to get dependante power with- " Out wear and tear on the entire car, the mechanism must be rugged and able to withetand-the continual serv- fee motor cars get nowadays.” “Refinements in chassis construc tion are emphatically evident in the wutiful new Haynes cars which truly pattern cars because of distinctive newness, The four- door, four-passenger roadster is a} Popular style because its seating ar-| | Fagement invites sociability and | eOmpanionship. ‘The roadster is} Smartlooking with the serviceable wire whee! | | WOMEN DRIVERS GET | | LONG DESERVED BOOST | Prejudice against the woman river has been practically wiped Out, expecially after we have seen what effective and wonderful work | “Ahhose worhen did who drove Red ‘Gross ambulances jn France, Still, there is many a ‘man who would feel ao bit uneasy seated beside a Woman driving a car over a slip pery pavement. ‘This bugaboo is dying a slow but sure death. More women motorists fare seen on the streets, and this has made the automobile all the -nore Popular, To a certain extent this fe due to improvements along the lines of casier operation, due to @reater simplicity in mechanical con- Struction. But a writer in the Lon- don Times goes even further than saying: “They are safe and skiliful driv- ere. They are every whit as effi- elent as their male contemporaries, often a g00d deal more « _#enerous proportion of better all-round mechan ‘ood many men who have been at} ‘the game for yearn” MOTOR COURSES ARE POPULAR Motor trucking has come into such} ployed F. Van Z%. Lane, former traf great use, expecially In the last two! fic engineer for New York, and the years, that certain universities have | man who la!d out sortie of the motor begun courses for students in motor | bus routes in New York and Chica transportation engineering | g0, to be it# instructor in the The New York university has em-! subject, new rapt Tope: meeree carr ‘THE SEATTLE STARMONDAY, MARCH 15, 1920. Four Lines ho THIRVE Why not revive the whipping post for automobile pirates? | by the editor of the Western Warh ington Motorist, the magazine of the Automobile of Western Washington, af organt | sation aod controlled by | nearly motorists in weaterr | Washington counties | inven in the face of rigid federa jana state lawe almed at tomo ile | thefts, the piracy of me rtill noted in weatern Washington cities, and the Jautomobiie club, thru the coopera |tlon of ita members, haa been cor |ducting an aggrensive campaign « publicity in erder to benefit the mr jtoring public, It was during t | investigation of the cause of ther | thefts that a member wrote to th official club magazine which tm « joulated among the Auto club me | bership suggesting that the wh ping post be revived as @ warn to thieves In this connection the Automot club points oyt that Judge H Conrad, sitting in the court of « jeral sessions at Wilmington, I> |Addromes a warning to automo | |thieves operating within his juris j diction. The judge has the next automobile | like offenders who follow him court will be sent to the county workhouse and whipped at the post | The Automobile club invites sug | eestions from the motoring public ae to the most effec *® means of uraging motor thefts owned cars Top, Lex-Sedan; right center, Na thonal Sextet; left conter, Liberty Touring; bottom, Liberty Sedan. FRANCE PREPARING — | "Sonny FOR AUTO TOURISTS |=. ¥-ipe~ PARIS, Feb, 15.—The problem of | Map receiving the thousands of automo |“ bile tourists that are expected to come here from America next sum: | mer bas already been tackled by the| authorities, Instructions tikve been | sont out to the prefects of the de. partments of France that proper ta | cilities may be accorded the visiting motorist. | The instructions provide tha American tourists will not be com pelied to have thelr care inspected by the Service des Mines, if euct cars already have a circulation per mit issued in the United States and are duly registered in that country Tourists also will not have to pass |a driver's examination if they have| an American driver's license. Two cards will be issued to each tourist | Presenting his car—a gray card cov ering the regintration of the auto- mobile 4 a pink card for the driver ‘Te take advantage of this conces sion, the tourist must present the American receipt for the deciarati of the car and the American driv. |« er’n permit. In the absence of|* these, certified copies will be a cepted. Two unmounted photographs lof the driver must be attached to |th® pink card. On landing, a re| fo". ceipt for $20.25 france ($2.91 at nor-|Vashew I mal exchange) will be paid to the| Molner coltector of direct taxation | | | | Newport. lsaaquah Auburn | Samet Mh | Renttio. Rewtom —V Rio de Janeiro, with a popolation of approximately 1,000,000, has a| .Nor*ty pride moter car for every 400 pernons “ t ‘within its border: county Toads call Main 596#, lecal a8, WHIPPING FOR = ‘Thin was the query just repeived new official Club the ‘police annals of See Us at the Show. Booth 4—4th Floor Convertible Roadster One moment a roomy, luxurious roadster, a five-passenger touring car the next. Other Anderson models: Five-Passenger Tour: wenger Sport Touring, Seven-Pase ring jan, Vour-Passenger Coupe Pre-eminence is written in every line of the New Anderson. Comfort, luxury, satisfaction-yielding service such as is found in the costliest cars, are built into the New Anderson and delivered to you at a moderate price —a price the average man can easily afford to invest. See the Geronimo Six The Geronimo Six gives the motor car buyer the utmost in genuine economy and value. Unvarying quality is built into each car and for such rare quality, the price is exceedingly low. For instance: Rutenber motor, Deloo ignition, Strom- berg carburetor, Borg & Beck clutch, Grant Lees transmission, Brown Lipe gears in differential, Timken bearings, genuine hand-buffed leather upholstering, 123inch wheel base. See it at the show— Booth Floor! MOTORS DISTRIBUTING CO., Inc. - Northwest Distributors 306-308 East Pike, Seattle Dealers Metor Co. Ellensburg—Reynolds Tacoma—Powelb Gilliland Motor Co, Wenatchee—Cain’s Garage. Yakima—C, & H. Auto Company. flake our booth your headquarters while at the ehow. Examine our cars comparisons, take measurements and see whose car qualifies. See the Texan No, you've not likely seen ‘a Texan be fore. The first Texan to be shown in Washington is at the show. It's a beauty ever bullt. It's the most compact little car It is built for comfort, econ omy, Texas sande and Seattle bills. It's & real chum upon which you may truly depend and it's easily within your purse. See it, Booth 4, 4th Floor. 4—4th Auburn—R. A. Reynolds, Hellingham—Einpire Auto Co, Chehalis—Reid Bros, Garage. Everett—Sheffield Wilson Motor Co. CLEVFI.AND No Other Light Car Offers So Much Conviction Astudy of the Cleveland Cutaway Chassis on exhibition at the Auto Show, Booth Two, Third Floor, will convince you of the superiority of this light Cleveland Six, which has taken the country North Coast Automobile Co. DISTRIBUTORS 1424 ELEVENTH AVENUE Temporary Location by storm. SEATTLE There Is a Difference in the New Liberty For, although it does not depart from a single previous essential, it has improved upon them all. AT THE SHOW We cordially invite your inspection of the beautiful new Lib- erty Chassis, hand polished, and the new series of open and closed models. AUTOMOBILE BLDG., BOOTH NO. 15 Shields-Livengood Motor Co. “The All-American House” YAKIMA SPOKANE ANDERSO!