The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 31, 1920, Page 7

| GASOLINE - SUPPLIES - INCREASE Gasoline supplies are to Bureau of by the that during April, Month for which gations ahead of the “mand. Consumption was $591,912 whereas output was 11,421, opera Reserve stocks increased | fo $43,552.644 gallons, winch showed | | ® Considerable gain on the March | figure of 626,395,046 gations in re-| States on the Pacific coast have | Deen suffering shortage in spite of because of This situation is ‘The American Petroleum expense or | ‘the general plentitude conditions. reports: % to provide sufficient gasoline | i Supply the Pacific coast demands Pease or | et rer mid-continent and last year from Califor. n refining processes are organ im the California wil greatly increase Hes of output in that ter. . thin a few months. Many } are getting only 12 to 15 per \from crude. With the best this percentage . Some fields 40 per cent of gasoline from to 3 per cent of the total In 1918 the exports from fle ports were 18 per cent 4@ production in that region. yabove figures the ques. the production of fuel of! 't ‘The answer is unques “Yes. rol ‘Ret only ancient history ‘written on the big historica! Boartis which have been along the nation’s highways States Tire company the traveling motorist of Of interest in his journey. Fecently erected give concerning the nominees and democratic President and vice presi- one of the big from Ohio, now being nominee for the republican of Massachusetts by the Vote ever recorded for that and is now the republican for vice president.” be bulletin devoted to Governor states: End,’ neat Dayton, Ohio, home of James M. Cox, gover: | ‘Ohio for three terms who be- as @ newsboy and ix now the nominee for the presi-| Of the United States.” painted display concerning D. Roosevelt placed near pale, N. ¥., recotés: Poughkeepsie is Hyde park, and summer home of « D. Roosevelt, democratic for the vice presidency, Official career has been like Of Theodore Foosevelt.” latest production in modern engines” have motordriven installed to deliver 600 gal- of water a minute. With 42.5 per cent of surfaced Indiana has the greatest per. of improved highways of state in the Union. Storage and handling of gasoline ‘been placed under state regula ° the Bureau of Fire Protec min Pennsylvania. a Chins the old city walls of Can are being razed and wide high- are to be built on their site or automobile traffi | fhe history of the motor track . tes the passenger automobile. increasing: and on the Pacifid coast, Mines official reports the there are Production of gasoline was Nevada and eastern parts nd Washington are be- to some extent from Wyoming Practically all this business AUTO TALK A Roosevelt road, lined memorial trees, is the latest plan for the perpetuation of the former presi dent’s memory. It has been pro- [tion, who has also sought the co- operation of automobile associations. ‘The Pennsytvania state constad: julary are coming off [horses and will hereafter police the state on motorcycles, This became known when a contract was recently awarded to a motorcycle manufac: turer for 70 of his latest model ma chines. F Fully 25 per cent of those applying for licenses as automobile operators in New York are being rejected by considered one of the strictest in the country. When you're bumping over a particularly rough and rutty road, think what a worse time you'd have down in Chile. Complete description of the highways there are contained im this short sentence: “The roads are very hard on tires.” Southern states show the largest | proportionate gain in automobile registration this year. This, it is said, is due to the fact that there have been heavy demands for cotton | during and since the war, which has put the South in a strong financial position and has enabled the cotton growers to use motor power for transportation. New Jersey motorists have gained & point against the overloaded truck that is an extra burden on the roads. The highway commission has decided to place a fine on all trucks passing thru the state overloaded. Scales will be ready on the different high ways and when a passing truck is believed to be carrying more welght than allowed by license, it will be weighed. If over-weighted, a fine will be imposed. With fair treatment, the average motor truck should run in excess of 100,006 miles. Titinota, Ohio and Pennsytvania are nearly alike tn the number of regis trations of motor vehicles, Despite the high cost of gasoline taxicab fares are cheaper in Buenos Aires, 8. A, tifin any other of the world's larger cities. More than 1,000 automobile own. ers and mechanics have received training in motor courses at the Col lege of the City of New York. American-made automobiles are more conspicuous on streets of Ath- ens, Greece, than any European | make. Milinols, Michigan and Massa chusetts permit the operation of motor trailer trains 60 or 65 feet [in length, For transportation by rail, Mat cars and gondolas are used in ship- ping automobiles around the coun try. While there are 250,000 miles of railway in the United States, the motor car has the use of 2,500,000 miles of highway. ‘The estimated production of agri- is 300,000. ‘The Boston postal service in | Massachusetts is to be augmented with 10 additional motor trucks. French pedestrians pay little or no tions for the manufacture and own ership of automobiles. There are only 299,135 miles of tm- | proved highways in this country “Flying Peanut,” Smallest Practical Auto in World; 100 Miles an Hour i Robert Breese, millionaire sportsman of New York and| y Island, drives the smallest practical automobile in the} ‘worl The “Flying Peanut,” as he calls it, is equipped with | 4 powerful airplane motor capable of sending it along at 100 les an hour. The little racer is only slightly more than) t in length. Mr. Breese is seen here out for a spin aoe is at So upton, L. Lé with posed by Charlies La Pack, president) of. the American Forestry associa: | their fine | the examiners, The examination ix | culture type motor tractors for 1920 |, (LES, TRUCKS ceived by Ernst Hardware Co. in the year they have been dis- tributers in this district. ACCESSORIES ERNST HARDWARE COMPANY RECEIVES CARLOAD MAXOTIRES Many of the larger insurance com- panies have been considering the | plan of operating their own repair |shops in large cities, to take care }of automobile insurance work. This is the Information brought jout by Frederick C. Rumell, writing in the Motor World, who points to the prime cause for this contem plated action as being a general mis understanding between the repair men and the Insurance companies. “Repairmen in general are not spoken of highly,” says Russell, “al ways waiting for the opportunity to ‘do’ the insurance companies.” Put the repairman has a vwalld) complaint againss the insurance com panies. They try to “beat him down”; their damaged cars take up | valuable space while legal difficult ltles are being untangled, and he | must wait months for settlement. ‘The car pwner, as the main rea Json against this plan of the insur. lance companies, prefers to have his machine repaired by his own garage man. And here springs the fear of the tnsurance companies that col luton may dupe them of more dam- agen than should be pald. | Russell, who is an insurance ad | AUTOMOBILE OF TODAY CONSIDERED NECESSITY) “The giant strides which the au tomobdilce has mado in perfecting the! pamenger car to that point of effi | lelency necessary to become a part) and parcel of our every-day life, can | be seen from the fact that while | lonty a few years ago it waa re | garded as a pleasure vehicle, today it is acclaimed by the entire world jas a utility and necessity in all | walks of life, and in practically levery line of business endeavor,” | says C. R. Willams, sales manager lof the Frank Waterhouse & Co., lo cal Kissel distributors. “The purchase of an automobile }today is considered an investment | The purchaser has In mind utilizing ite time and labor-eaving qualities fe advantage. He has made in ations, talked with owners and} [has seen its efficiency demonstrat led on the streets every day Its | reliability of construction, dependa bility Of performance, and adapta bility in saving time, has proven its unassailable position in the life and work of the nation.” iNEW RIM TOOL IN GREAT DEMAND ‘The Pacific Rim Tool Sales Com- |pany of 2339 11th ave. N., who are the manufacturers and distributors of the Pacific Rim Tool in a recent interview, report that they are re ceiving calls from all parts of the United States and abroad for this tool. They have recently closed @ contract with a New Zealand firm for the distribution of their product in that country The tool consists of a screw jack with two adjustable legs which hook over the edge of the rim and by turning the handle of the jack con tracta the rim which permits easy |removal of the tire. Turning the handle in the reverse direction eas ily expands the hardest rim to the locking point. ‘The tool is small compact, and light as it weighs but | ten pounds and can be folded #0 as ‘0 take no more space in the tool box than the ordinary Jack. According to representatives of the |above firm they are unable to manu. |facture tools fast enough to meet with the demand for this Seattle made product. | to | vee The State of Oregon has nearty 10 times aa many motor vehicles as the entire country of Norway. The Department of Agriculture ts | distributing to state highway com: missioners 24,000 war motors for use in road building | Canada ranks second among na attention to traffic when crossing the bighways. {FORGET ie HILLS ee TANK Mee. die Os Stewart Product Service Station \ 910 Kast Pike St. | The above represents the fourth carload of Maxotires re- Insurance Companies Plan Running Own Repair Shops' juster, does not favor the central repair shop idea in Itself, but insists this Is sure to come if the differ ences between the repairmen and in surance companies continue. “Unies there i better under. standing between car owner, repair: jman and adjuster,” he says, “the in. | qurance companies will try their plan because they will be forced to.” EPARTMENT DL TRAILERS AND TRACTORS TU MISS SHERIDAN LIKES STEWART VACUUM SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT ‘The Stewart Vacuum System is considered one of the greatest tm: provements in the motor car. Car makers quickly recognized tts value. Ninety-five per cent now use it as standard equipment It absolutely banishes every gnso- line feed trouble on with other wystema, It feeds gus to the car buretor automatically and evenly under the worst motoring conditions you can ever encounter, Over roughest roads and steepest hills your motor never falters, down to the last drop in the supply tank. How It Works, ‘The Stewart Vacuum System twa and connected with the intake mani fold, carburetor and ¢ line reser volr, The intake strok of the mo tor create a vacuum in the upper chamber of the tank, which draws gasoline from the supply tank. As it flows into the upper chamber it raises a float. When float reaches a certain height it shuts off the vacuum opens an atmospheric lets gasoline flow into chamber. ‘The float drops with the gasoline, and when it reaches a certain point it In turn reopéns the vacuum valve jand the refilling process begins |again. The lower chamber is always open to the atmosphere, so that th gasoline flows to the carburetor as required. lowa’ has more than 362,000 motor vehicles. and which lower valve valve, the Between 6,000 and 7,000 motor. cycles are in use in the Nether. lands. small tank installed under the hood | automatically | SELLING Miss Lillian Sheridan, whose picture appears above, is the| only automobile saleslady in Seattle, and is making good at it. For a number of years Miss Sheridan sold tires in Seattle, \tive of our transportation | at which work she was very successful, but had always want-| When an opportunity came to line up with the Central Ford agency she lost no time in taking ad-| vantage of it. Miss Sheridan has also written several songs, ed to sell automobiles. FORDS BEST 1 | and was the creator of the Red Cross poster “Mercy.” It requires trucks used in the United States. Sales of automobiles in British (000,000 tires to equip| Motor truck trains moved between | the passenger automobiles and motor | points 1,000 miles distant during the war. ‘Whsconsin has 12,000. miles of rail- Coal |BUSINESS MEN ARE | NOW GETTING WISE “Busy business men are getting wise to the fact that it is far more arduous to sit in a dingy railroad station waiting for late trains to take them to important engagements than {t is to #it behind the whealy of an automobile and experiences! the exhilaration of an invigorating trip across country to the desired point, the opinion of F. M. mond, Motor ny, Briscoe distributers “The was originated by Frederick Cowtn, president of the Briscoe Motor Com, poration, has become the watchword of the hour with progressive mem, everywhere. It is purely a result of/ habit and ultra-conservatism that; keeps anyone today from utilizing |the motor car for general business purposes. This tendency is evidenced ‘by those who still drive a horse cause of an absurd dislike for progressive. These ancient | mark preservers’ continns San |the inconveniences, wi and delays incident to railway travel, short trips. Progressive men, bow- ever, are grasping the right perapes viewing it in the light of progress — which has distinguished the moter age. * “We now look upon @ coastt> coast motor tour as an complishment, and it is gratify to note the increasing recognition the motor car as the most cal and recreative conveyance at our disposal. Four highways are to be Columbia totaled 6,000 cars last | roads against 77,000 miles of high-| structed in St. Louis county, MO, | ways. cost $1,872,000. CONSIDERED BY MANY MOTORISTS THE BEST FABRIC TIRE ON THE AMERICAN MARKET THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES APPEAR IN THIS SERIES A New Departure in Tire Con struction. Finest Selected Raw Materials. Pay te Bonus and Premium Workme Hand Built. Wrapped Tread, Single Cure Over-size and Extra ‘Ply. Special Breaker. Extra Breaker Cover. Tough Tread. Inspection. Built to Excel. A Produet of the House of Spreckels. OUR BEST ASS THE $ AGENTS EVERYWHERE ET IS AVAG CK EL EXTRA BREAKER COVER The mighty hunter, whose teepee is always filled with fresh meat, knows that game is seldom found on the much traveled trail. The Great Chiefs of my people, in their search for perfection, have oe often left the trails laid out by other manufacturers. And so, once more have we departed from the paths of other companies and made use of the “breaker cover”, a feature to be found in no other tire that Iknow of. This strip of soft, flexible rubber is placed between the tread and breaker strip, and is but another detail added to perfecting. our mighty “D” Type tire. : : This breaker cover forms a wonderful bond between Re wear-resisting tread and our special breaker strip; and acts as a sort of extra cushion as well, thus making the tire just that much_ more flexible and resilient. \ One grain of corn does not make a perfect ear, and so this one little feature is not by itself enough to make our “D” Type tire tower as far above other fabric tires in the work it does as the eagle towers above the sparrow. Yet this, together with the other great features, and our never-ending efforts to make this tire excel all others, made for us a tire that is known to many of you as “the best fabric tire on the American market”. 1 SALUTE YOU, O MOTORISTS! Spreckels “Savage” Tire Company. LITTLE HEAP HAS SPOKEN. “Little Heap” as a character is’ symbolic of The By birth he is a “Savage”; by adoption, a member of The House of Spreck @ Wise for his years, educated in modern ways and imbued with the spirit of the organization he represents, the little “‘chief” is an authority on the construction of “Savage” tires and tubes. 4 It is fit- ting that the sterling qualities and the sturdiness of his race are characteristic, too, of the products with which he is associated. THE SATISFIED CUSTOMER SAN DIEGO, CALIF TIRE CO HE SPRECKELS “SAVAGE” TIRE CO Factory Branch, 918 East Pike St., Seattle