The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 27, 1920, Page 7

—_ ES, TRUCKS, ACCE THE SEATTLE UTOMOBILE ORIES “A A” in Britain Gives Autoists Most Perfeet Service in World As Adds First Aid on Road to! Duties of U. S. Auto Clubs BY PATHFIN LONDON, Nov, 2 With an “A A.” insignia on the cap of your Fadiator, while motoring thru Eng land, Wales or Scottind, you may «et the nearest thing to perfect service that I know of in this imperfect World. “A. A.” is the symbol of the Automobile Association and Motor Union of Great Britain, of which there are more than 150,000 mem ders, Begun 15 years ago aa a protective Measure against police road traps this organization has devéloped int the most complete automobile first ald service in the world, It is fur More than the automobile known in the United States cludes all of their activities great deal more. PATROLS GIVE SALUTE I was In a motor party going from Landon to Aldermaston, some 45 Miles away. As we came to a cross Toads at Hounslow. I noticed a #mart, khakiclad young man who looked every inch a soldier. He was A. A. patrol. He saluted when he saw the symbol on our auto, His n clubs It i and a We are now hold- ing our annual Clearance Sale, and the following used Buick cars can be had at a substantial saving to you: 1920 5-passengers 1920 Roadster 1919 5-passengers 1919 Roadsters 1918 7-passengers 1918 5-passengers 1918 Roadsters Terms, if desired. Eldridge Buick Service is back of every car we sell. We Guarantee the price of New Buicks until May 1, 1921. IESALES@ | Yakima) Walla Walla) ‘The Home of the GMC Truck | salute was more than a mere form |1t means that the road abead was clear, These read patrots—onique tn the world—are all over England, Wales and Scotland. The force consists of some 500 former army men. Their |chief is called the road manager, | | who Is aided by seven assistant road | managers, each in charge of a separ jate district. Under these officials | there are a superintendent, inspect. | | ore and sergeants, and the patrols ‘The latter patrol their beats trom | 9 in the morning until sunset. They) are thoroly acquainted with local fconditions. They* either clear the |road of obstructions or help local | authorities to do so. They carry first | ald kits. In case of breakdowns, | they are able to make minor adjust- ments, change tires or wheels. In the event of important parts needing replacement, they will mount their cycles and ge@ the necessary parte from the neapest garage. If you have had a serious break- down, the patrols will either assist | you in getting your machine to the nearest garage, or will telephone for the A. A.'s first-aid car, TELEPHONES ALONG ROADS Wherever there is « patrol, there is @ sentry box equipped with a tele phone. If the patrolman is away, the A. A. motorist has a key which unlocks the box and gives accens to the telephone. In this way members can keep in touch with their homes or their offices from all over the) kingdom. Besides these services, there are the customary activities of the auto club that are familiar to American motorists. ‘There are road signs jand guides, road maps, handbooks of |information and, another important | feature, free legal aid in case of trat- fic offenses and certain civil suite. All this costs only $5 to enter the A. A. and $10 a year to maintain membership therein. HERE IS RECIPE FOR ANTI-FREEZE}|; An anti-freeze solution that can || well be prepared by the car ]}/ owner at home, consists of 15 | cent alcohol, 15 per cent glycer- || ine and 70 per cent water. It is claimed that this mixture will not freeze until the thermometer reaches 5 degrees below zero, which Is below the coldest tem- of most parts of the The recent automobile show at! | Copenhagen, Denmark, had 22 Amer- | lean automobfles on view, while Eng: nd had four cars, France nine,| Germany five, Belgium one and Italy | one Stewart Ford Speedometers City ordinance requires all automobiles have speedom- eters. Your Ford dealer sells them. Stewart Products Service Station | county One of the most important an nouncements made on Antomobi! row for many days, was the appoint |ment of the William L. Hughson company, Coast wide automobile dealers, for the Ford cars and Ford | son tractors. This concern ts one of the largest | and oldest on the Pacific coast, hav ing branches in Ban Diego, Los An-| lL. Hughson company haa been due | loompany already in able to keep Its] goles, San Francisco, Oakland, Port land and Seattle, With the appoint ment, the Ford car and Fordson trac tor are now handied in all of its branches. The company was organized tn San Francisco in 1903 by Witiam 1. Hughson and George W. Emmons They operated under the name of the Holly Automobile Co, with an original investment of $3,500. Their first year’s business totaled $12,000 The year of 1919 their business went over $6,000,000, A ao ¢ PREPARED BY SAMUEL J. HUMES Keat-Des Moines Good Dew Moincs-Tacome HMighline—Fair King county line to at rearading. To reach fo via Ieeaquah and Swan Lake, via Pipe New road open trom balance of road Kent Maple Valley Kent eaat; fair shape; food. Woodinville Davall- Davall-Fall City Redmond-Fell City Redmond Holly wood Renton-Imaquah ent, 6% milen Gravel rection # Imaquah-Fall City North Rend—Cood. Issaquah -Kedmond (Via Lake fammam- air. id Good Cloned for paying. ow concrete pave from Reston, open, ish) Fair Newport -Iseaquah — Oood. Rewton-Wellever Good Enumclaw-Franklin — Twe mfies at Enumclaw being paved; open beyound numetaw. Auburn-DBiack Diamond—New concrete ad open two beyand Auburn od gravel beyond; aiso vin Soon Highway—(Mast of North Bend) Enumclaw 4 Boumciaw « CONDITION Richmond Beach Hoad—Clored one mie of North Trunk road y; detour The ferry discontina ortage ferry is in 6) from Vashdn Heights ® for paving. Other roa good to fair, Henton-Kent (ast Side)—New concrete Pavement open for travel. “Continuous ¢ road frown Renton to Auburn BRIDGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION Novelty Bridge Open. Orillia Bridge For furth Soattle-Vashon The Des ration how Heights on ‘Over Snoqualmie w bridge open inf dn local 39, Main 6900, TIRES SEEM TO HAVE REACHED BOTTOM PRICE With the recent reduction In price of practically all makes of tires, rock bottom seems to have been struck for a long time to come. Mr, Arthur W. Hoppock, secretary of the Seattle Tire & Rubber Co., Falla tire distribu tors, has kept a careful range of prices for the last five or six years, a 0 a 20x%% nonskid casing of a stands make can now be purchased for $ -—the low price in 1916 was at that time there was, , no war tax of 5 per cent. of | guaranteed for 8,000 to 10,000 miles Keeping this fact in mind, users of tires are now getting éxtreme mile. age at minimum prices, A Ford car equipped with 30x% casings in front | 910 East Pike Street show a cost of only $1.10 for every 100 miles traveled. (paving | th | mation regarding King | Wm. L. Hughson Co. Gets Ford and Fordson Lines in Seattle | | which may amply be summarized as | | | epent with It for merchandise a full | He calls attention to the fact that, about } Considering the fact that the cost e is only one thing wrong with of labor atill remains the same as | * ing tire pump. It needs a ne during the war period there seems to| Washer, or if the washer is only | be no good reason to expect a fur. | hardened, it needs a little softening| ther reduction with neatsfoot oil, In 1915 standard maken of tires oa were guaranteed for 3,500 miles; they Ninety per cent of the automobile are now being guaranteed for 6,000 | fatalities are due to carelessne: miles, with cord tires now being | the pedestrians, according t and 30x3% on the rear wheels will | graphit | being that | Chinese cities, | the elty | most widely neglected is the vacuum | } mex In the early days they handled the Stoddard Dayton and were the first | dealers on the Pueifie coast for Ford | cam, They successfully weathered the San Francisco fire and tates! branched out to other large cities on | the Coast. The great growth of the William to the well-defined business policy it is the desire of this | company to give for each dollar! dollar value in the article purchased. Thin does not necexearily mean that | free service, much as gratis repairs | and adjustments, but it dors mean that it is in a position to render ef-| ficient co-operation in maintaining its equipment at the maximum of ef ficiency after it has reached the hands of the purchaser, AUTO TALK PACK IN DRY CELLS If dry cella are kept loose, their rattle while the car is moving will develop momeritary short circuits and run them down quickly. To avoid this they should be placed in & snugly fitting box and dry sand should be packed into the open apacea, Nantoon, one of the oldest of in beginning to feel} the effects of We rn civilization. Six large motor omnibuses have been sent there from America to become the only means of transportation in| The ronda had to be widened to accommodate them. \ DRAIN VACUUM TANK | One part of the automobile that is | tank. It should be drained each week. Water and dirt accumulat at its bottom just as it does at the | | bottom of the gas tank. | | mobile Topics, STAR Ford Makes Forty | by Losing Twenty | Western Auto Henry Fe strike @ profitable balance. 4 has found a way to His re t readjustment of prices on the Ford line is shown to have entailed him @ loss of $20 net on each ma-| chine that Ford Motor Co, producing, but his service the is ae how partment production is based on a | requirement of $40 for replacement parts from each Ford car now run- ning. Further, there has been and will be no reduction in the price of replacement parts, ‘Thus tn stimu lating the lows on first sales he en larges the market for later profits. These facts were made plain in statements by Ford executives before & gathering of Ford dealers from the Carolinas and Virginia, gathered Inst week at Charlotte, N.C, and indica tive of methods by which the Ford ny is acquainting its trade of petus to business which the re- cont price cut was destined to fur! nish. | That each car now being turned) out is sold at @ loxs of $20 to the! Ford company was proclaimed by W. A. Ryan, who, as manager of sales for the company, naturally was one of the leading speakers on the program, ‘The company is now pro- ducing 4,000 cars daily, said Kyan, leaving it to bis auditors to figure out that this means a los of $80 000 daily. Much of his message con- cerned some exceedingly timely ad. vice to dealers about the value of being careful in the way that they handle used cars, particularly since the slump in used car values that has been induced by lower prices on some new cars. But it was from EB, P. Hobart, service manager of the Ford organt zation, that the trade learned of the silver lining to the Ford cloud Hobart told his audience that Ford is making $165,000,000 worth of parte every year for distribution thru that end of the business, ‘This, he mid was based on an average figure of $40 per car, thereby establishing the rate at which it is figured Ford cars are expected to wear out every year. Incidentally, some of the more wtatiation! in the trade lost little time in figuring from the amounts | given that 4,125,000 Ford cars now in commis on must be the basis for | reckoning | ‘There will be no reduction tn the} Price of parts, Hobart sald. Increased | | freight rates and increased costs of | production make this impossible, | unless, ax In the case of the complete vehicle, Ford ts prepared to stand a definite ratio of lone on each part.| By producing Its replacements parte | ™ the regular line of manufacture, | Hobart reminded the dealers, the conta low, and they get the benefit! of this, The present lowered price on the Ford car, even with its at tendant lors, Hobart explained, was decided as preferable to the greater lons that would have followed a cur tailed rate of production, Of the new car, concerning which the trade has heard but vaguely. Hobart added little of information beyond the limite of trade surmise ‘The new car will not be offered. Hobart explained, until space shall be found for its production —Auto- Bureau of Missing Relatives The Star Invites ite renders to use this FIND TWO AUNTS SAME DAY NOTICE IS PRINTED HERE On the same day she inserted a notice in the Bureau of Missing relatives, Mra, W. A. Mahaney 625 Bell st., found two aunte— Miss Minnie Feil and Miss Lena Every state except Montana has! & larger number of automobile | registrations than on July 1, 1919,| the largest gain being in Ohio, which | shows a gain of 102,174. Ohio firet in total registrations, 567,000 cars and tn having trucks registered. WHEN GEARS GRIND In shifting from high to second sometimes the gears grind and rasp. | This may be due to a dragging | elutch or an inequality in speed be- | tween the engine and clutch, In| such a case the engine should be! erated slightly in shifting. Resides having a taxicab stand] at its front door, the Hotel Astor, in New York, is going to e an airplane stand on its roof, The} management is planning the con struction of a landing on the west end of the roof. Passengers will register on the roof and receive their room keys there. KEEPS INNER TUBES SOFT A good way to prevent hardening | of inner tubes while they are stored | way during the winter is to place m in hot water once a month or six weeks. After a fe minutes’ im mersion they should be dried thoroly and inflated slightly before being hung up. This will keep the rubber soft and pliable. LEAKING TIRE PUMPS Commissioner Enright of New York GOOD SPRING LUBRICANT A good spring lubricant that ean be prepared at home is paraffin and mother. If he is in Seattle the West- | ern Union asks that he call at its | off 113 Cherry st., for his wire. Poll, whom she had not heard from for over a year. Both of the “missing relatives” had mar. ried, which accounted for Mrs. Mahaney’s inability to locate them, “If everybody geta as good re- sults from the Bureau of Missing Relatives as I did, there will be no more missing relatives,” Mrs, Mahaney telephoned The Star “We have to thank The Star for reuniting us again.” has a tele. The Western Union gram addressed to Frank Fitch, M. D., in care of the coroner. Fitch ia unknown at the coroner's office, nor can he be found in the city. ‘The | message refers to the address of his | Auto Wreck Victims Steadily Improving Tacoma General hospital reports y imp ent in the condition eorge ham, 314 Melrose st of ave, N, and A. W. Newman, U. of W. law student, who were injured in| an automobile accident near Ardena on Thanksgiving morning. Imer B. Riley student, was killed in this wre university ok. A storage battery ‘shunting loco. motive or switch engine is being used in England. EXTRA SPECIA| Motion Pictures of the| Opening Football Game In the New U, of W. Stadium WASHINGTON VS. DARTMOUTH Starting Sunday at the All there is to it is to mix the graphite into the molten paraffin-candia Saving Sam We have featnred India tires for some time, believing them to be the Best Built Tire, regardless of price. Thexe reductions are ponnible be: cause of a recent quantity purchase and every tire offered is FIRST QUALITY, ABSOLUTELY EW, with serial numbers intact—and every tire in guaranteed to the Umit Size — List Price Bale Price 30x3 «= N. OB. $26.26 915.75 30x3% N. 8. $21.00 $18.60 Plus 6 per cent War Tax. Other Sizes and For asure of driving Special price, Your safety 4e- mands one—you y PRICE SALE 4 in this special ell them and w WESTERN Westlake and Lenora “*-Ouality We Are One Big Link in a Chain of Sixteen Big, Busy Stores Our Two Seattle Stores Offer You, Mr. Motorist, Tremendous Bargains During Our OVER-STOCK SALE India, Pharis-Paramoid Tires at 4076 8,000-Mile Fabrics at Sale Prices 6,000-Mile Guarantee Demountable Rim Wheels well seasoned second growth hickory. Bet, 634.75. nome Prieed during wale at 25% thon. 85.51 te $19.57. We have a number of well known standard articles which we are discontinuing Also included in th: Come | | The manufacturers of Pharis Tires have not reduced their prices, But | we wero fortunate in making a big | deal, by reason of which we are very | glad to pans along a 40 per cent sav- ing to our customers. Every tire a new tre, first quality, and guaran teed for 6,000 miles of travel. | Sim List Price Sale Price | 2023 $19.70 $11.82 30x3% $23.50 914.10 | Plus 5 per cent War Tax, tn Proportion extra Rim for d cars, Made of Why met « hand. Aute Hebe thi redu; le are several articles on which we are d a loss on these articles and make F opportunity. ould rat This is A U T OO; pete Also 1110 ee First Song Leader two evenings a Session Successful |»sions nave been arranged for| Stuart building. The first of the series of song: leading lessons in the course {uaug- urated by Mr. and Mra. L. 8. Pilcher, of the National Community service, was attended Friday night by 35 pupils. 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