The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 1, 1920, Page 7

eab ba ~e GB BOatTiney 5 4 end will want you to have a Harley-Davidson. Bicycle Men Observe Annual 30 GET ' Bike Week Beginning Today With the cooperation of every le dealer and manufacturer in United States, Nati Will be observed fc pal Bicycle | he period @ May 1 to 8, with special display @ the different makes of bleye p Gad open hour at vdrious stores. ‘ Beattle dealers are joining the a Movement, and will feature bicycles exclusion of ali during the present week. The year 1920 will see as never) of the bleycle to its) i of fame... The prac wwo-wheeled favor and varied, and the of pleasure wh may by the cyclist so at adoption of the bicyc sa ve by all ages and classes is be country-wide, England practically every one WWhs and rides a bicycle. The bays the service, who were quartered England, al! have stories to tell the cycling parties that were en on every road The bi Syele there takes the place to a extent of the cheaper auto- » and is regarded as a prime Wequistte to health and pleasure. Am this country the rapid advance B Good roads construction has made Tse of the bicycle for pleasure feasible, and has mater.! altered cycling conditions over fe period some years ago when road} ' ise that conditions made the length of trips rt Owing to the rising metal market and other conditions entering into the manufacture of bicycles, local necensarily sh¢ . | dealers urge the immediate purchase of bicycles, as gpuch higher. pric are inevitable, ® Purchases ma now will get the advantage of the old peices, and the lat of Seattle | bieyele men are glad to give their of the customers the advantage prices now in effect. Washing Your Own Car If you wish to maintain a fine, | lished surf en your car, do not haye washed with any hard” or “soft Rither ruinous to the coating. Paint and varnish makers have joined the automobile manufacturers in a cam: | paign against the use of alkall and soda soaps in washing automobiles. Chemists have evolved a harm: and economical prepa be obtained at auto ac dealers, It is considered dest for auto washing. roa p. ts eanory The twenty-second anniversary of the first sale of a motor car In the United States will be celebrated ne: ‘The first automobile to be demon. strated In Peru reached Lima in 1907, saver Seana e PF -e WS ‘ ' ' ‘ ALMAS M/@H/IGAN AACA SON DETROIT, Mich, May 1 One of the fin tripe promised motor fiends this year will be the interna tional good roads tour conductagiby lowmeter Keeps Tab on “Gas” You Use A GALLON?” WILL BE ANSWERED FOR AND BY BY RUSS SIMONTON XB. E A Staff Correspondent Is the engine of your automobile “every mile that's in Schroeder's chief observer, will an- @wer the question fer you. “Flowmeter,” sounds “awful tech | and everything,” but in fact it @ ample instrument to do a simple Its little Indica- rsome and inaccurate. had to have a light and instrument of absolute ac fs | Present instrument ts four long and weighs less than one | It has only one moving part. | gasoline flows into the bottom the instrument and has to pass} & parrow slot to reach the car-/ The harder it flows (that the faster) the harder it pushes inst a little pump that threatens | close the slot and shut off the} . The gasoline always wins the ttle with the pump and pushes it the slot. An indicator marks the th of the pump and that’s the| ymber of gallons a minute. | “We are naw working,” says Lien nt Elsey, “to combine the flow: | ter with the speedometer. When| succeed, we will have an inatro-| ment Chat will show at a glance ex- ‘actly how many miles an hour the| motorist line.” | Major Schroeder has # model on|he says, “while at 30 miles I was! j Bis own automobile. } ‘THE AUTOIST HIMSELF We Major Schroeder (at top); the newly devised “flowmeter,” and an hour than at 26 miles an hour,” burning far more gas than at 24) Happy Holidays Out in the Open - Out in the country, lake and wood, healthy pleasures are beckoning you. Ride to them on a bicycle—and you will enjoy the trips most if it’s a Harley-Davidson Bicycle It is built on racy speed lines, but it has true Harley- Davidson ruggedness to stand the constant use you will want to give it. knows what the name The 1920 models are on display now—bring dad with stands for. HIRSCH CYCLE CO. | 203 East Pike St. Elliott 1977 Licutenant Elsey “I found that it was more ¢co|miles. Now, tf I wanted ta tana is getting on a gallon of | nomica! for me to travel at 28 miles| most of the time at 26 miles the flowmeter would tell me how to ad my carbur so that I could ol efficiently at this rate.” ‘The flowmeter has many places of value. It will measure any liquid and can be made to measure the flow Of gases, It fills a long-felt want in scores of industries Licutenant Elsey, who worked night and day on the problem for many montha, fs a grad ford University a t tien service at the outbreak of the war. His work on the flowmeter ts con. sidered an achievement by other of. ficers at McCook Field, Dayton, O, Highway commissioners thruont the country have started a cam paign to curb “road-hogn.” Buy That Bike From “Rudy” Ask any boy about the SNELL. It’s a bike that they all boost. The JOHNSON MOTOR worth looking into. into a 2-cylinder motor-bike, bicycle electrically 25 Ibs. service for We're glad to show you. Expert bicycle repair man at your THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1920. the Michigan Pike association. It} will #tart July 14, from this city, and | will last two weeks, j ‘Three bundred tourists are expect ed to participate, Starting from De- troft, the “hike” will lead thru On t 0 the Muskoka lakes district, ogian Bay and down thru ar sround ¢ Michigan, Instead of being a hotel tour, this will be oor, camping expert ence. For this purpose, trucks will ;accompany the tourints, earrying all | equipment necessary for camping out at stopping points, Besides rid- ing, there will also be exploring and fishing parties during the journey | Pathfinders have reported the! jroads good. The trip will cover) | 1,359 miles | an ow SHRINKAGE DECREASED Ans the result of research work carriel on by the Traffie Motor Truck Corporation some very inter esting and {uminating facts were brought to light from Federal Trade Comminsian Reporta, | The shrinkage in weight during | transportation of live stock afoot or by wagon or rail has always been a source of great lom to shippers. Shipment by motor track oe 8 saving in time, which resullain the live stock arriving at the poiat of slaughter tn fae better condition, with consequent ‘better price per hundred pounds to the seller. The shrinkage by rail, wagon or afoot is generally estimated at three times | the loss in weight when trucks are used SHRINKAGE CUT DOWN Many farmers ¢laim the saving tn shrinkage when shipped by truck pays for the entire cost of the truck’s. round trip. Shipment by truck han even resulted in Increased | weight due to feeding and watering at the yards, which in difficult, if} | not imponsibie, after transportation by other means, In practice hogs |are being hauled as far aw 27 miles | to the Omaha slaughter housen, | Take for example, only the 45 | million hogs received for slaughter at abattoirs In 1916, These hogs, av erngir 0 pounds each, if valued at 12 cents per pound, would be worth $1,176,000,000. A lone of 10 | pounds per animal, which is consery: Ative for the old-fashioned means of transportation, would mean a loss during transportation of over $53, 000,000. Overlooking the two-thirds | | savings mentioned above in favor of trucks, and supposing that only half} of the lons incurred by former meth- | ods of transportation ‘iad been ob vinted by the use of trucks, it in ap parent t f all these hogs had been han rom the farm to mar ket in trucks, there would have been in the farmer's pockets an additional $29,000,000, or enough to purchase over 20,000 Traffic Trucks, The oldest, largest and most tm- portant manufactdry of autamobdiles in Barcelona, Spain, has an annual output of 2,000 cara t | More rubber is used im the suto- mobile production than any other industry in the country. WHEEL is It changes your lighted. Weighs less than any kind or size of job. LUNDGRE “Exclusive Bicycles” 504 Stewart St. Times Square | the load almost instantly. ai J LB SR n= =e Henderson BICY CLES THE FAVORITE by the mothers A 5-Year ELECTED by the boys and girls and and fathers for the | real bike value which they represent. Guarantee goes with every HENDERSON Bicycle .00 DOWN $2 WEEKLY Buys a Henderson. These terms enable every boy and girl in Seattle to own a real bicycle. Excelsior Motorcycle & Bicycle Co. 301 East Pine Street Elliott 997 Bring Mother or Dad to see the HENDERSON. Unloading has been given just as much study an loading by efficient truck makers and operators, As & result, tmenaving devices which serve a wide range of requirements have been perfected. PROBLEMS types of coal delivery, the body in- stead of being tilted is bodily ele- vated so that coal can be chuted to the bin, For removing heavy objects from the truck platform, swinging crane Tn some claenes of work, the truck | apparatus has been devised. To pre- body lends itself to speedy load re- moval and contracting work, where dump bodies elevated by hotsta operated by the truck engine power, are use ful, enabling the operator to remo In #01 | vent the truck from tpping when ‘This ia true of coal delivery | the crane ts in operation, folding out riggers are used. Overhead monorail systems also are used for this pur- pone. Power winches are used to aid in the unloading of heavy objects. Tele. PRIZE WINNERS | N THE BUSINESS GUIDE CONTEST Evidencing the fact that The Star Business Guide Contest tm holding great interest among Star readers ix the announcement that over 1,500 an. ‘wers were received by the editor of the contest during the month of April, In giving the main prize to Miss Lolita Emple, thé committee on award chose a design that showed marked originality and much artis try, and the other prize winners all submitted answers that clearly en titled them to an award, The Ust of winners follows: First Prize, $15.00—Mies Lolita Empie, 1108 37th ave, N,, Seattle. Second Prive, $10.00—F, R. Johm son, 1602 W. 63d, Seattle, Third Prize, $6.00—Charles R. Ow- en, 4714 Wallingtord, Seattle, Fourth Prize, $5.00—Louise M. Gra- ham, 327 Lyon building, Seattie. Fitth Prize, $2.00. J. Strout, care National Grocery Co,, Srattle. Sixth Prize, $2.00—Bert Fry, 4332 Meridian ave., Seattle. Seventh Prize, $1.00—-Miss Grace Corey, Kelmont N., at Republican, Se- attle, Bighth Prize, $1,00—C. R. Mish, 114.N. Boylston, Seattle, Ninth Prize, $1.00—Cora Churchill, 1426 21et st., Seattle, Tenth Prize, $1.00—Mra. BE. J, Beery, 2718 Nob Hill ave., Seattle. Eleventh Prize, $1.00 — Richard Reif, Hunts Point, Lake Washington, Twelfth Prize, $1.00—David Bohan- on, R. F. D. No. 8, Box 238, Seattle, Thirteenth Prize, $1.00-—R. J, Hame lin, 2117 Fifth ave, N., Seattle. Fourteenth Prize, $1.00—Myrtle C. Buck, 7604 California ave., Seattle, Fifteenth Prize, $1,00—Helen Ly Brooks, 760 Belmont pl., Seattle, Main 4917. Aixteenth Prize, $1.00-—Philip Rich- ardson, 4415 Densmore ave., Seattle, ‘The following ix the correct answer for the month of April: S—Omitted from Business, tn adver- tisement of Madame Marshelle. T—Omitted from Quality, in adver: tisment of Woolley & Co., Inc. A—Omitted from Carat, in advertise- ment of Commercial Jewelry Co. R—Omitted from Direct, in advertine- ment of Wyatt, 1619 Westlake, A—Omitted from Guaranteed, in ad: Vertivement of Gates, 1418 Sec- ond Ave. D—Omitted from Laundry, tn adver- + tisement of W, I. Dooley. V—Omitted from Attractive, vertisement of the Goodwin Cor- set Co. E—Omitted from Evening, i adver- tisement of Women’s Baclusive Garment Exchange. R—Omitted from Customary, tn ad- vertisement of Denny Way Transfer Co, T—Omitted trom Stretched, in adver- tisement of Aetna Lace Curtain Cleaners, I—Omitted from Prices, tn adver- tisement of New York Taflors. S—Omitted from Decrease, in ad vertinment of U. & J. Sales Co. I—Omitted from Exclustyely, in ad- vertinement of Ellis Cycle Co, N—Omitted from Urinary, in adver: tixement of Pr. ¥. N. Freer, G—Omitted from Large, in advertise- ment of Standard Monument Co. P—Omitted from Carpets, in adver- tisement of Mike Cohen. A—Omitted from Taught, in adver- tisement of Long’s Academy of Music, Y—Omitted from Everybody, in ad- vertisement of Boldt's. S—Omitted from Professional, in * advertisement of Photography, 811 Second, phong companies use these truck | winches also for laying cables and to assist in unloading the heavy spools of cable, Just as interchangeable bodies and | semitraiers in many cases reduce | loading time where the load-hauling | | period is abnormal, so likewise do | they serve to reduce unloading per- | |1odm. Under good conditions, in fact, | semi-trailers have been known to/| cut haulage costs one-third. ! Special equipment for the loading | and unloading of bricks affords an| example of the enormous saving that results from the elimination ef un- | necessary loading or unloading de | lays. The possibilities: for reducing transportation expenses materially | thru the use of proper body equip-| |ment or auxiliagy equipment are so | great that no truck operator should feel satisfied to abandon the subject after a superficial examination, The United States has nearly five Umes as many automobiles ag all the other countries combined. YALE DAYTONIA DE LUXE BICYCLES Ellis Cycle Co. “The” Bicycle Store REPAIRING Main 5431, 1111 Pike st, Elliott Our New Bicycle Store - and Cee? $2} | sotorcy 1114-1116 PIKE STREET 1150 ' TODAY — WE ARE IN Location The Finest Motorcycle and in the West E invite you to come and inspect our new home and see the display in our spacious show rooms, Riders of Motorcycles and Bicycles can now get better service than ever before on their i