The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 10, 1920, Page 9

{ (HERE ARE TESTS FOR EVERY CAR { BUT FINISHES IT IN A ROWBOAT! | bevortsin’te i3's0 boon annie A concine table has been Ben's | erimy CLEVELAND, 0. April 10 tefl, Ren got his flivver to prepared by the instructor flivver is still doing its best for him, | gether and the merry quartet went || w! Id be of good use not Dut onty asa truck. Since sum-|on its way, But, no, That wns too || ont pups but to every mer, when It behaved so badly as a| good for the fitvver. Only two miles |] motorint inthe country Passenger vehicle, tt must rattle thru|more to Vermilion, when another Here is the course to follow, as uck, dedecked | blowout occu the city as a iigh 1 And not a abde | presented at thin ¥ with the sign of Bon, the Hardware} nor patch left 1. Gasoline ° Man, and summening attention with| Ben usually ewears, but he never Ie tank full? the clanking of pipes and the| «pts angry, He decided to run into Are pipes clean rustling of tim town on three wheels, covering th le carburete clean? The last straw was that Sunday |rim of the fourth with an old. sh tt carburetor State adjusting trip to Vermilion, 45 miles west of But the hobbling was tiresome and lo it, otherwine ave it alone, here. Patching up tires and tubes,/ troublesome When he got to the Does manifold leak? irt road just east of the Vermilior rs river, along which .he had another | “a tage coaen eae ae | jaunt of two miles, southward, Ben 4 quit. + ept on cylinder to be oe . Leaving the crippled Ford along | | Crank énaine, noticing how the roadside, the four went down t uate ta vera.” the river bank, hired a rowboat and Sole aaah ae ities ebich’ a rowed upstream for two miles ({ _, their destination. cwyee fer each ey — They had time to say “Hello,” bor 3. Ignition row @ new tire’ and tube and row ed eg for spark ene toes, brake rods,/Dack to the flivver before nightfa wire off any plug, hold wire aaa eo tn The flivver repented and since the — * Faget Hisenyg a 7 hes : 2 polo nadiion ngine with # on. Spark Pet bia Rd peng m4 aT chine nema malta should jump to ¢. Make sure two miles on three wheels and a rim | ie EES Shenk steck: Gilman on vier tent the pleasure trip m le for) — B—Are batteries run down? {ELLIOTT RETURNS Does vibrator (if any) buse? Is timer clean? Does Umer rotor TO MARMON LINE J srry coca wontace® C-Are any wires loose, burnt wet, broken or short-circuited? Are spark plugs clean and point 0 meh apart? D—Does magneto armature re oly In safety spark jean? Are interrupter se dln jean and adjusted righ € wasn't ten miles. rowd was ood rushes make Mstributor rotor r cor joytul and happy while the two Women gossiped, the men worked The patched up Ford was still able to run merrily onward until it passed ria didenly there was a snap, distributor or making loc rontact? Check all magneto wires as then a rattle and clank of metal Mote-Lecss wires aud terud Ren tried to stop short, but, the nals, neglect®d batteries and. brakes wouldn't work. cause much The brake eas d soline rod had broken! dirty gasolin slow! 4 na Gives ble. The above cavers everything Slowly and carefully, the flivve " needed to start a gasoline en “nana che gticcd peng ae gine. To keep it running, cool eer Pen eee ee es ing, lubrication and a free ex eden Botennin Milnhdlbaatentad 4 haust are necessary TIME nd ignition ® We giv and ‘guarantee ou NOW IS To bavey special rates work Dr THE tery D. E. SHELOR TO HEAD CARAVAN 7 Douglas Shelor, manager of the ENTERPRISE ELECTRI Frank W. Elliott, for three years! western Washington Autamobile WORKS associated with the sale of Marmon| tun who is to have charge of the ba fe tee Tetiedtbiel Effective the first of this month 1423 ‘Tenth Ave. East 606. Over the Top BADGER BRAND AUTO TOPS . and SEAT COVERS Pickard & Traill Automobile caravan assembled north of the Columbia river for the expedi tion to the convention of the Pac arthwoat Advertising clubs associa tion at Btockton, Cal, urges Puget Sound residents to take advantage of the trip, It ts not éonfined to delegates to the convention but In Atvidual motorists are asked to leave with the caravan the marning of May 18 ‘The Vancouver, Victpria and Spo kane delegations wil jotn at Seattle. cars In Seattle, resumed his poaition as manager of the Marmon depart: | Ment of the ‘autoenobile department of the Frank Waterhouse company “I am #0 thoroly sold on the Mar mon that it is a pleasure for me to| ‘be back with the Waterhouse com pany again, and to cantinue the re- jlations that I have had with the | motorists of Seattle during my years |of selling the ‘Marmon car,” com j ments Mr. Elliott. } “tt ts my honest belief that the | Marmon t# one of the most highly perfected automobilea manufactured it in hoped to have 10 automobiles good spirits. A trip thru Yosemite | Park will be made ‘The ddvertiaing branch of the Chamber of Commerce and the | Western Washington Antomobile club are handling the reservations THIS “MECHANIC GOT Starting as an apprentice boy tn 4 machine shop when he was seven Reliability 2-Ton Federal with body Reo Speed Wagon 114-Ton Kelly Truck, $800 1918 Buick Delivery NOT RIGHT, WE’LL MAKE IT RIGHT. Used Car Department. ane of the tndustry on the coast Wise indeot must the owner that can tell Tutbil the reason-why of any mechanical trouble tn his car before the official eye hambeen cast over it, for the combination of shop and driving knowledge has given “Tut” an uncanny senae of motor trouble detection that him many » long hour of examination and trating | route of good, strong truck roads?” [ PERMALIFE Storage Batteries , Everybody Knows —the most remarkable storage battery ever built. A type for every car—free testing and filling MASTER ELECTRIC CO. 921 East Pike St. State Distributers East 187 Bellingham is to be represented and | 1722 Broadway East 820 ts performance in thit/in tine when the caravan starts | Dears out my state . ‘ort - ee OV Better Tops for Less fj ‘erty, fo Des out my anil rerteacas wil fon the aren | jit is going to be a big one.” | ntertainment will be provided | niong tho route and there will be features to keep the travelers in UTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES Ur the ion of A. Winn aa | Opportunities presented to make a bra n eer, and A. FI direct appeal to the people ts Indi-| as fabtory ntative, the ated in the announcement the im welling a r of these necensary | Fire nantidal Show of the P tory, and are featuring the new|torium at San Fr hoe b rm” type for Ford sedans | en 3 nd trucks the unprecedented WILLIAMS BOASTS na Mex’ toon “ . and New York STARTED AT SEVEN Sins ® 5 Fenders for Trucks The New York board of alder D making truck owners equip their vehicles with fenders ,instead of Call E “ j bumpers. And the owners are how! A vast 342. ¢ ing. Why not pass some construct ne Haast 842, 802 E. Pike. ive legislation, says one, “like a| car were Chief Stetson of the Seattle fire do-| tai, 100 feet of hone, hand Pyrenes | quired, and [and will be used for putting out] this THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1920. One of the Traffic 4 und ca. | Alfred: Bornstein * cs kt We ben ee “Performance has convinced me patity trucks that te seen speeding | | VP aitormanee Mae ete a0 along Beatle strects making ity daily | hound capacity truck built of qual round’ of det eos is operated by ity units is the ideal truck equip - . 7 TRUCKS REPRESENT LOSS 4 4 IDLE TRUCKS REPRESE OSS The idle truck not only earns no | tained in good mechanical condition profits, but repres a steady jos, | This condition attained, tb omes 4 To obtain a maximum return on the PF = € J ang © — and frequency of paying loads. nvestment m nm of work a deh ono a be es OU | tematic and pert inspection must should ar * nearly every me Overhead expense, including depre-| chanical trouble, barring those fation, interest on investment, in lente, Thoro end fre urance, garage Tharges, ote.» is con rication in the mont effect stant w r the truck be on t ntative against the many road or the repair shop. But ninety nif troubles when the truck is w ne. OVO | which cause y delay head expense is swelled by driver's! ytany factors enter into the prob wages, gasoline, of} and tire cont and| jem of increasing the number ‘and similar items. It is obvious that the | treauency of paying loads, Prope creatér the amount of actual work routing and dispatching, efficient accom pplia the more this cont i | joading and un Br gp Aint pater une of the e of truck Owners. Increasingly are giving | for the work to be accomplished are tHoir attention to methods or devices | among the Zach wf these ole that reduce a truck's idle time. Pri-| ments in treated ciflealty in other marily, the truck must be main! articles of this serton WEST COAST NOW IS PERMANENT HOME) the Hassler shock ab* of Washington,| SAN buting corpora AERO SHOW _ FOR FRISCO FRANCIBCO, April 10 ‘That the friends of aviation in the Di sorber | the Went Cx atributing they have secured official sanction for the San Francisco show from the Merchants and Manufacturers asso CAPACITY LOADS| “Just as Director Hines mid tn his last app eal to shippers, before turn-| ciation, ander whose auspices the ing the railroads back to prtvate| eastern shows were made Held tn ownership, that they should make!» sectian of the country where avin the best use of freight cars, so should | ion ta free from mang of the cli every truck owner apply the mame | matic disadvantages of the east, the ralo in his transportation depart | western show should rank favorably ment.” mys C. R. Willtama, sales! in tnterent and attendance with the manager of Frank Waterhouse & Co../two exhibitions that for severn! automobtiiq department, local Kinsel| years have been recognized In the distributors ax American Industries ame and manufacturers increase their output in thelr race to eaten up with| MOTOR BIKE IS deman no, too, will the freight! traffic demands of the country cor} ARGENTINE PET Tespondingly increane | The popular conception of rox This = that it ls up to every | de off Argon jeaned from truck owner and. driver, as well photographs in raphies, is that the railroad: or freight car is loa to mee that each tr ed to rated ok | th x, grasmy pash or welghted y ride the bound irling the be pacity before it in sent out, By ad-| rape around the lege of stamp ing to this rule waste space wil attie. be utQized, which in the arcregate| No and yet again, no. amount to hundreds Ot! ew vide Gaedere mowers) maybe millions, of additipnal| Tt? Tle modinete thee tonnage, that otherwise would not tneaentny Gea kvdoattan staged A non-stop contest on the M . " : P years old, and with 12 years of ex is going to take aj|fon track at Buenos Aires. lErnes Is what you will find in these Rebuilt Trucks perience in the repair and driving ve inne tate Ot fist de 90 racers from Bi : p of automobiles, M. A. Tuthill, now]; " senator Arthur Capper. fror making 493.2 miles 34-Ton.GMC with or without body Fe oe eer| =" as predicts ft. Farmers are|io } aeonigg, “atime verabie Lf. ‘wi , Car company, Haynes distributors, | 2ooan to mar inetand of lettis State eiabee’ d 114-Ton GMC with body Car company, Hayoes Giettitors,| goods to market, ing | | so wil receive #ult-——one man leas to pay Fire Department U Ses Motor Cycle to Fight Small Fires profits to. the ” : j j An Indian ‘motorcycle and side} when the service of a larger auto recently delivered to Fire|truck is not needed Many thotoreycles are being used every day, where speedy, transportation is re. complete special Indian outfit, Was purchased by J. J. Mo partment ‘This machine is equipped! with two Rockwell extinguishing | economical A fire. eauipment,| delivery van various other non }were in nt. ‘This Traffic track can always om the driver, or the driver|iowed to run o depended upon to deliver the | ¥ boy Sed muah Aids ahaha me A pool Seb ls and does so with the greatest| tion could be attained if this Uttle | teularly onomy in operating cost.” jinstrument, which is tn itself the life|have had, Busy as - |throb of the motor be taken|are now, they will ‘OVERLAND MEN off the car at le mee a year, put! heads in work jin the hands of experta, and there|—~— * +, | overhauled and adjusted #0 as to at|p AT BIG MEET least give it @ fighting chance to|magneto or 4 ee 4 properly prove itself as efficient aa|equipment, if given A. R Tyson, Seattle manager|the rest of the car. With the expert-! sh Willys Overland Pacific company,|™€ntal stages of electrical equipment all times has returned from San Francisco. where he sp veral days ip at tendance at the meeting of branch managers of that company Thiet meeting, a semi-annual affair. jwae i at the t « of Frank ;C. Riggs, Wentern divirion manager land J, F Thomeon, treasurer of the | Willye Overland Pacific company who are in charge of Willys Over. and Pacific activities. Branch managers from Spokane Sent Portiand, Onkland, Sacra m Frewno, San Franctsco, Los Ang Hollywood and Pasadena endance with their whole men and executiver. | nens seanions wete held at the a) headquart Jin the Willys Ove |Neax ave. and Bush Juges presiding |NBARLY 40,000 | NOW SOLD | wal male Bu gen st., with Frank Altho the new light Overland has on the market for only a few | montha. Toledo factory report arty 40,000 of the new type already sold and in the hands of owners. | Service reports substantiate the |claimed advantages for the new spring suspension, and males in Cali fornia and the West are reported as growing steadily in proportion to car production. As this production tn creares and more care are available, the Coast organization ts well equipped to handle them thru a dealer organteation which now num- berw more than 200 dealers, assuring adequate service and male facilities | for the convenience of the growing Met of Overtand and Willys Knight owners. . | Business conditions tn general are reported good, and records made since nuary 1 show a healthy ad. vance over the corresponding pertod of last year. rg Proven Units Rea Seal Cont Motors covert multiple tal B%4x5 mission Rosch tran eluteh ° cast type radiator forged front axle with Th ler bearings; Runm internal gear, bearings; somi-elliptic and rear Springs; @-tmeh channel frames Standard Fink B4x3% front, 4x5 rear orlbase; 122-Inch length — « frame — behind driver's seat; oil cup lubricat ing system; chassis striped and varnished; lazy-back sent and ‘cushion regular equipment. Pneumatic cord Ure equipment at extra cost. Seattle, [YEARLY TEST IS VALUABLE! | “Ott of sight out of mind” tn an} Jold but truthful adage, and fits tn | properly, no far as the magneto or ipment is concerned automobile or truck rf mech | when it « to olling and greasing the car or taking out squeaks and | rattles, and every often will grind | valves ko ra in general | be has learn that these nds |for better car operation experienc ments make minor OV tion, * in ela two wtvin, over in the spring, replacements bring |SPRING! LOOK ER THE CAR economy, your then if it needs k to perfect form, have as possible,” a@- general manager of as quick! Rook Motor Thia | ‘The magneto or other electrical | shape | equipment runs indefinitely, function. | was bought jing day in day out, without the | enjoyable |elightost degree of attention, and better price when !t pl out on the road and ex, |the motor is dead, the air becomes! “Totti | blue and the manufacturer of all elee-| economy trical equipment given the once | more over in terms which tioned Who Is to blame—that little instru ment’ that has been doing its work day in and day out without even a can not be men ‘ This expres neto Satisfaction. How? Drive tn; MUSek General gity and country trucking . bring out the Traffie’s outstanding fea- ture—ECONOMY. Low first cost and low maintenance of uid not function 100 per cent af ECONOMY when no especial iw if you ect to trade It in on a new ear, run down ts false ually and in the interim you are net applest ttle things you may think consequence de into big items tn repair bills if ale without tn ‘t overlook anything, pale sfler ® wintel such as we st there is no reason why your starting and Wj sion of complete satisfaction was made by a customer last week after an unsatisfactory ex- perience with one of the best magnetos mannfac- tured. We are prepared to give you guaranteed Mag- Because we have the best equipped Magneto Department on the Coast. Be cause we employ a magneto expert of many years’ ex- perience. Because we carry a complete stock of fac- tory parts. Because your satisfaction is our success. ’ far Service @ckric Broadway, Between Pike and Pine. cost mean money in your pocket. Let us demonstrate. Phone East 100. Chassis, $1,795.00, Delivered To You “The: All-American House.” Yakima. Man@factured by the Traffic Motor Truck Corporation, St. ee Shields-Livengood Motor Co. 0. ‘aturally winter's tof te momt ae vere and generally there is a remind er or ‘ntiteh in time’ principle works out, When the car in restored to tts best almost ns good as the Gay it tn aixo it will fetch a much rolling along the in a few weeks.” also car na tiefac the ones ything else to where the old it is far more care to sell, or it costs you the repair men be over thelr a squar