The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 25, 1920, Page 7

j Hole one of the big reasons why farmers = the Frank Waterhouse & Co, local i The entire country ts today suf! fering from a paralytic condition that has gripped the rufiroads be h an unprecedented high-water mark in the production of almost every commodity that requires trans. | Portation to make it available for consumption. ] We can hantly blame the mil-| Toads for they have always been gapable of handling the business | Offered to them, but conditions in the world today have changed and are above normal. Production and Consumption have advanced at a faster pace than transportation and Still we must consider that there is very little room for future rail transportation growth. So unless ‘we develop other lines of communi. | gation, we can never hope to de-| Yelop unbroken fields to production and take care of the commerce which is now flooding our railway | systems. } ‘The motor truck ts a valuable aid to the milroads in extending their Services further inland and in giv-) Ing quick and cheap transportation in sparsely settled communities. Al! those who have an insight into the} _ future can readily see that our) waterways are coming back into their own. These waterways which formerly carried our commerce and which have become idle and fallen ‘Into decay thru the fact that the ‘railroads could better and more Tapidily handle the commerce of our | country, are once again returning to their former prestige and power, due to the inability of the railroads | to keep step with the march of and production. With the railway, the waterway and the highway transport, ade-) quate transportation for the present needs of commerce as well as the needs of the future will be fur nished. Statements of many ril-| way officials clearly {lustrate the | attitude of railway management to ‘ward these new forms of transpor. tation as a panacea for transporta tion ills and the motor truck is advocated as the best means to selve our shipping problems. Trucks Pay Selves Fast on the Farm! “phat motor teucks soon pay for themselves in eliminating crop losses due to the slow horse and wagon, is| are motorizing their farms,” says J Richard Lane, vice president of the Kissel distributor. _ “Crop losses due to exposure of ) crops to the elements, shortage of Jabor, inability to reach market at “Whe right time are conservatively estimated to be 25 per cent of total “Such losses would more than pay for a truck and get all the fruit to market when it is ripe, all the beans and Grief fruit and hay in out of | the rain and to meet every other transportation requirement of the farm. “The ownership of a truck gives a tremendous advantage to any crop producer or farmer, and those farm ers who do commercial hauling for meighbors are clearing from $15 to $25 per day. TWO NEW BALLOON PILOTS GET LICENSES Two dirigible balloon pilots hav een recommended for _ pilots’) licenses to the Aero Club of Amer-| fea by the Aero Club of Southern | . California. The fliers mentioned are Bernard Campbell and Ratph Beek, | of the Goodyear aeronautical depart: | ment. Both men completed the re quired 25 hours of actual flying and Passed the technical examinations, George Hockensmith, veteran bal- Joonist and director of the Aero club, conducted the examination. The two men are the first balloon pilots to pass their examinations in Los An- geles since the licensing of the noted | pioneer dirigible pilot Roy Knaben- Shue, about 15 years ago. During the current 12 months $875,000,000 will be road improvements and maintenance of roads in the United States. T is estimated that 50,000,000 tons fare nauled by motor trucks in the| United States every 24 hours, — jelly from parts expended on| UTOMOBILE AUTOM Regard Motor Truck - as Best Bet to Relieve Congestion in Freight Victory Motor’s New Home ES, TRUCK | gallon of ¢ | The Cedar garage, at Fourth ave.) finished and decorated, extends 120 and Vine st., tf to be the new home of the Victory Motor Car company, distributors of the Haynes. This building of solid brick and concrete is fireproof construction, handsomely | feet wide on Fourth ave, and 108 feet on Vine st. It has two floors and fullsized basement, ideally 1o-| | eated, and is one of the finest gar ago buildings in the Northwest. ‘(No Fear of Saturation ‘in Motor Car Industry Increased congestion of traffic in some of the larger cities of the coun try has caused some people to won der whether the motor industry has) finally reached its saturation point. More than 7,000,000 cars and trucks} in the United States; 10,000,000 in the whole world, and a production schedule for 1920 of 2,000,000 more— it seems as tho the industry was bolling over. But the manufacturers are not alarmed. In fact, they are prepar ing for an increased demand, espe outside of the United States, Motor industry satu rated? They should say not! Cot. John W: Prentiss, a ploneer tn the financing of the automobile industry, says no saturation point will be seen until there are at least 30,600,000 automobile fq the world. And this, at the present rate of out put, could not come in 25 “years at least. With a constant demand for replacements, he points out, the satu ration point may never show up, WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 2% MILLIONS This demand, Colonel Prentiss says, will reach as high as two and one-half to four million cars annual ly The present output is lees than | two million. There may be a tempo- rary abatement in the demand for cars, but he says that will last until the rest of the world has as many as the United States, An important factor tn this In- crease has been the farmer's accept- ance of the motor vehicle in his work. The increase of motor trucks and cars in the agricultural sections of the country in the last five years has been greater than in the indus trial sections. In some districts it has been found the sales of automo people. One-third of the cars regis. tered at the end of 1919 are owned by farmers. Under the poor transportation sys tem that has prevailed in the past, motor trucking has grown consider ably in popularity. Not only short hauls, of which there are many thousand routes in all parts of the country, but trips over distances such as from the New England states to the Middle West have been | made. The long hauls cost much more than freight shipments by rail but where the goods were needed under any circumstances, the motor trucks were helpful adjuncts to the railroads, So far an short hauls are con-| cerned, it is generally conceded that | the motor truck has established it self as part of the country’s trans | portation system, both in carrying freight and passengers. And in the rural communities, the motor truck has been making its greatest prog- | rene. | The automobile has come to play Its part even in the country’s hous ing prograg. Workers now seek homes farther from the center of the city, pay lower rent for this reason, and so are able to buy a machine} and drive to and from work daily Used cars, expecially, have been| eagerly sought by those who could| needed them to bring them nearer to the factories. WHAT DO YOU KNOW | ABOUT YOUR OWN CAR?! Wouldn't it be odd if you had an} accident and you were sued, put on} the stand in your own defense, and the prosecuting attorney asked the following question: 1. What ts the car? make of your) What horsepower? 3 How many cylinders? 4. What kind of tires on each wheel? 5. What «peed can you make? 6. What wheel base tn it? 7, How much mileage to a gallon of gasoline? & In what distance can you stop ]your car without skidding? 9. What kind of brake lining do | you use? | In 99 cases out of 100 the autoiat jcan answer unhesitatingly the first seven questions, but not one In 100 | biles to farmers have been greater/can answer the eighth and ninth } than sales to all other classes of! questions. | Then the prosecuting attorney |saye to the jury: “I rest my case. | | Thts party knows everything regard. | ing his car which pertains to his comfort and enonomy, but nothing does he know and apparently Uttle| does he care for the safety of the} public, I ask you for a verdict on the ground of negligence.” Now Mr. Autolst, wouldn't you be in a | fix? Have your brakes tnepected rex ularly. Ask if they are lined with one of the standard brands of lining. ter still, have some repair man furnish a card showing date of ad justment and name of lining Ask for one to protect yourself. Throw Away the Water Bucket Traffic Ordinance “SECTION 36—It shall be un- lawful to operate such motor ve- hicles as are fully equipped with pneumatic tires without having attached to such vehicles in CONSPICUOUS PLACE a SPEED- OMETER that will accurately INDICATE AT ALL, TIMES the speed at which such vebicles are being operated.” Stewart Speedometers Are Accurate “The latest effort to keep from be- ing drenched while filling the cooling system is the invention (or discovery, as you please) of the vacuum water feed system, It’s simple. The fun- nel used here has the power of cre ating its own vacuum by which it not afford new machines, but who; | States ecltizen must draws up water from a trough anda! deposits it thru the spout into ‘the radiator. All you need for the appa- | This one is a member of the Sells-Kloto cirous, | ratus is an elephant behind it. THE SEATTLE STAR ACCESSORIES Average Care Will Prolong Life of Tires The life of your tires depends on the care you take of them, Give as much attention to them as you do to your engine, and the result will be lonn tire trouble, more mileage and greater nfort The chief cause for tire deteriora tion is lack of proper protection from sun and grease and dirt. Against the action of the sun, a coating of quid rubber, to which whitening | has been added, will be found effec live, Stir five pounds of whiting in line and add a quart of rubber cements inside and outside the tire. EPARTMENT DLTRAILERS AND TRACTORS [7 U. S. MAIL AUTO CROSSES | Apply this both | If there are any cuts and bruises | in the tread, it would be best to fill them in with putty or rubber ce ment, and then apply liquid rubber and whiting, Of all tire paintdg ompounds on the market, this seoma to be the beast Once a month the wheels should be tested, to see if they are in align ment. Being out of alignment causes 4 wobbling» motion of the wheels, with the result that the tires are worn down fast by the wide to side movement, Another pointer tn tire conserva. | tion is the care of the wide walls, Hit ting a rock head-on is not as harmful to the tire as giving the side wall a glancing blow, It is therefore advix able, if the careful driver cannot “void a rut or obstruction, to take the blow on the tread rather than on the aide. Bumping over rough ground and carelessness {n not causes the rim edges to get out of shape. At the same time, they cut into the weakest part of the tire: where the rubber covering is there merely to protect the fabric from the destructive potion of the elements, and not from any blows and jolts. The result may be a blowout at some point along the rim, Just as you change your own shoes regularly, instead of wemring one air until they give out, you should change your tires at regular inter vals, The epare is not merely for emergency, With proper care there would be fewer emergency calla, and under such conditions the spare should take+the place of the over. worked tire, It means longer life for all tires, Sign Boards on Highways AttractPrince) The plen made by young Prince! ‘New Cheap Air-Cooled Car Laughs at High Gas Producer Albert of England at @ recent din ner of the Reyal Academy for a “neglected field of art,” the painting of signa along motor routes in the country to let motoriaws know thru what towns they are passing, has serted to increase in this country the expressions of appreciation by Suto tourists for the big historical books of the United States Tire com: pany In order that the boards may have & fresh interest for tourists, a page of history is now being turned and soon every board will contain new reading matter. It is the company's plan to “turn a page” every year. If & motorist travels the same route long enough he will have a volumin wiedge of the history of the The highways of the country are dotted with these books, giving not only the namea of towns but inter esting bits of their history. Motor ists have had thru them agreeable introduction to unknown places, noted for famous achievements, f their resources, or as favored spots | where great men first saw the light.|from airplanes. Many a little village that would fail to register in any way in the mind of the passing motorist will always be remembered as the “town. | where the Tories were jailed” or the’ yp “place where a witch was hanged” or the co where Walt Whitman was born. RUBBER MAN NOW DIPLOMAT IN ORIENT Tire men are called upon to solve a great many problems and to meet many unusual conditions, but the first instance has just come to light concerning the induction of a rubber man into the diplomatic along with his duties of merchan. diaing tires. The United States consul at Soera baya, Dutch East Indies, having contracted malarial fever, which usually incapacitates its victim for several months, I, W. Nason, a di rector of the Goodyear Tire & Rub ber Company, Ltd., has been named vice consul for the period of the consul’s illness, The law requires that a United fill the office, hence the appointment of the Good. service lyear official to handle his country's jaffairs in addition business duties. to his regular fRUSS TORTURE Can be eliminated by wearing the Lundberg Rupture Support. We give free trial to prove its superiority. A. LUNDBERG CO, 1101 Third Ave. Seattla REAL PAINLESS DENTISTS In order to introduce our new (whalebone) plate, and strongest plate Known, covers very littie of t you can bi avoiding ruts/ Ax it fled by the ‘The big car went by And the blast of his Nearly choked me to ‘The great man stood NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Forty-five | miles on a gallon of gasoline! That is the claim made by Its In ventors for the “Cotay” automobile the latest product soon to be placed on the market. What will accomplish this record of high mileage, say its sponsors, is its four-cylinder air-cooled motor, combined with a light construction thruout the car. The Cotay ia the result of the combined effort of three men who | sought to counteract the rising cost |of gasoline and the threatened de cling in its production, with a ma chine that would go farther on the same amount of fuel. Two of the |men got their knowledge of engine Capt. Frank T Coffyn was one of the first fliers in | the country, He is one of the three surviving members of the old |"Wright team.” James B. Taylor. served for two years as a test | pilot for naval planes, Everitt 8. Cameron has had 20 years’ expert ence in building air-cooled motors. “It in the air-cooled motor and the consequent cheapness of our car that will enable it to make th’ |enormous mileage we claim for it," Captain Coffyn said today. in automobile circles to our an- nouncement that we already have Jorders on hand for 250,000 cars, or five years, The car will have a four cylinder motor and will be made |both in two and four-passenger | models, Both are listed at $1,200. “Of course, other cars have alr cooled motors and these cars have |shown greater fuel economy than |those with heavy, cumbersome | water-cooled systems. But we claim that at least we have a perfect air cooled motor, one that will function 100 per cent under all conditions and that by {ts lightness and strength will make possible enormous savings in gasoline. Besides. emphasizing the car's cheapness, Coffyn points out that it will welgh only 900 pounds. Part of thf’ lightness Is due to the body which will be of laminated wood, or wood in thin sheets, such as are used in airplanes. And, also due to this lightness, the tires will last 15,000 miles, “The car has a tread of only 48 inches,” Coffyn explained. “This is eight inches narrower than the standard width. The machine will be built low and will be well fitted which is the lightest he roof of the mout. corn off the cob; guara: teed 16 years. EXAMINATION FREE Whalebone set of tecth. $8 Bridgework $2 Amalgam Filling . All morning and get Call and See Teat of Time. Bi Open # eoth same day. s thin ad wit work guaranteed for 15 years. amples of Our Plate a 4 84 1 PAINLESS EXTRACTION iaave impression taken in the dxamination and advice fre Mridge Work. We Stand the you. jays From ® te 12 fer Working People OHIO CUT-RATE DENTISTS 207 UNIVERSITY ST, Opposite Fraser-Paterson Cn With a sumptuous swag: The unctuous bragger Demanded my eyes and my ears, “So great has been the response | |as many as we can make in the next | CONTINENT IN 110 HOURS | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.—Motor history was made » | is due to what 1 when an auto bearing U. 8. mall traversed the conti i) } | nent from New York to San Francisco in 4 days, 19 | hours and 17 minutes.. Simultancously the same type} | | | BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE You can’t tell a car by its honk; You can't judge a man by his swank, With a rattle and shiver, The flip, mde flivver Skipped over the hours of the day, And the biat of its horn Fairly wilted the corn farme on tts way. with a purr, Scarce setting the grasses aastir, Fe breath death As he dribbled the deeds of his years, by, like to one Who knew not the works he had dona You can’t tell a car by fts honk; You can't judge a man by his swank, (Copyright, 1920, N. B A) to work its way in and out of traffic. “It is a daring car. It has chal lenged tradition. It has dared estab- lished custom in ignoring formal re. lation between horsepower and weight. “I believe that tn our machine we |ward that automobile construction has known in nome years. It is the answer to the ever-mounting price of gasoline.” Proposals will be recetved by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, Washington, D. €.. until 10 o'clock a m., October 1, 1920, for delivering cars, pulleys, of car—an Exssex—made the trip of 3,364 miles from! here to New York in 4 days, 14 hours and 43 minutes, | beating the previous record by 12 hours and 48 minutes. | In the above picture Harry Arnold, who drove the | car from Gardnerville, Nev., to San Francisco, is seen delivering the mail pouch to William St. Amandt, local L piabebosiestlint’ 6t sialbe, ab the Wh “ol tad Meee reek. NOT VIOLATION TO SELL GAS SUNDAY Selling gasoline on Sunday is’ no| violation of the blue laws, ruled Mag- istrate Wright, sitting in the police court at Huntington, W. Va. Gaso-| line is as necessary to an automo bile on Sunday as hay, corn or oats is to a horse on the same day, ruled| | the magistrate, Approximately 200,000 carloads of motor cars were handled by the | railroads during 1919 | There's no time lost by the good scout who rides an Fadian Moto It's the machine ite you there ¢ Big Power- Plus. Yours on | have made the first definite step for- | See our display of Dayton Bicycles—sold on the Ride-as- You-Pay Plan. 1116-1118 Pike St. Dreaming never something. ence. “wild-cat” schemes, | | Dexter Horton | | Trust and ‘I~ Savings Bank Second Avenue and Cherry Street | Combined resources Dexter Horton Trust and Savings | Bank and Dexter Horton | National Bank exceed \$26,000,000. A Step Toward Independence ISHING never made any one rich. pendence. You must “get busy”—DO The first step in the right direction is to start a savings account. Slowly, perhaps, but surely you will gather a fund that brings you nearer independ- In the meantime your money will be safe from fire, theft or loss through Some day you will be glad you saved. brought inde- 00 Rolling Up A curious thing about tires te that they continually roll up bill This scfentifically but what is bulge.” Both te mean t exp sion of that portt of the elastic carcass of “the which by weight and forward is forced just ahead of road oo In motion, the tire ts contim attempting to run over this ti wave which, just ahead, eludes it Incidentally underdn tion increases the wave. On a plain tread, the wave round and round and round the tires) “traction wav larly called | But @ tread design with a backbone ribbed or cogged, has been found ef fective in dividing and in thro it off each sid Some treads corrul ; some are smooth; indented, but a purpose of all of is to provide maximum traction overcome this wave, ‘The tread must provide also minimum road resistance, for mum injury to the carcass neath, and for maximum road Like the soles of shoes, a tread absorb direct wear. Different of service have their individual fects. Seuffing, skidding, spl tearing effects of rough ro these have a tendency to rapid wear. When a tread is torn oF worn, it should be taken to @ petent tire surgeon. He will te whether it is worth a repair, a ee. The Lincoin highway is the eet road in the world, IT IS WORTH KNOWING THAT} ALL USED BUICKS SOLD BY US ARE OVERHAULED, REPAIRED AND PAINTED JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL OWNER WOULD HAVE IT DONE. If it isn’t right, we'll make it right.