The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1920, Page 5

i '} oh t i 4 ik The Western Rubber company, of | SATURDAY, DECEMMER 35, te, World-Wide Touring Easy WASHINGTON, Deo. To Make foreign travel easier for the American tourista, the Americar Automodile association is negotia with automobile clubs of other for an international licens: t in obtaining such pinimtze the inconv undergone by American tourists entering a country by machine. | An arrangement nas been consum | Mated with the Automobile Associa tion of Great Britain and the Tour: | ing Clud of Belgium by which those Organizations issue a license to t American tourist for travel in each Of those countries, The tourist re elves the document & embark ing for the other side, The A. A. A tasues it and guarantees the return @f the car to the United States. Besides Great Britain and Rel gtum, other countries are expected to join the United States tn this tn ternational! touring arrangement. The Internationa! Touring Alliance, of Which the A. A. A. is a member, is Planning to establish a common Heensing form among the member countries, by which the automobile Owner may obtain from his home government a number which takes | care of the registration of the car and its driving in other countries, The cooperation of the U. 8. Gent is being sought in this it by an amendment to the man bill now before congress. bill, as it now tq worded, pro. for recognition by all states of Tegistration licenses issued ‘one another New Home Plant | Making Progress, | A very interesting picture at the! Btages this week is the Western | ubber company’s plant, showing Manufacture of rubber tires and hanical goods. coma, iy backed hy much local cap | and might be classed a Seattle d institution. ‘The “Sound” tire, one of its prod- is now on the market, and re ble progress is being made in sale. Sound tires are being built under supervision of Mr. Elliott, who Was for 15 years with the Goodrich | Rubber company, of Akron. Sound tires, says Mr. Koerner, lo cal representative, are equal to the tires on the market, and home should be patrontzed. OVERHEATING Following are the causes to enlation stopped, de, prob- ably to pump not working or some stopped up water pipe. 7—Cylinders heavily carbonized. ¥ Automobile News| } Would Make |Used Cars Take Lead _ |Here’sHow to Account Buying Slump This ts the time for the used car come into ita own. mt has treated roughly, especially the the upper hand. | While money was plentiful, the de mand for new cars was enormous the Now, with the market, comes good bargains. Ughtening of the opportunity Many a used car has been found of the machine better for the wi Expectaily tn the case of the driver is this true, A mach of which the kinks have b ne ol In buying a second-hand car purchaser should consider | salient points before satisfying him | Keeps Off Dust ) PARIS, Dec. 25.—-Riding along &/ iy) 04 of « wa | dry country road behind another mo- | torist is no longer a bother to the caps It's the fad in Paris The canvas covers the head down} to the chin, leaving openings for the It's goggles, nose driver who has one of these over his head. eyes and nose. guard and dust cap combined. Boasts Unique Collection ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 25.—What he boasts ag probably the only collec tion of its kind in the world ls the exhibit of automobile license plates ter apologizing for Its appearance The motor vehicle bureau here regarded ae the largest in the world. Motorists pay $1.78 a gallon for “gaa” in England. car we sell ars May your Christmas be merry, and may the Tour Book of Life for 1921 route you over many pleasant highways. Wherever you go, you go in comfort and with satisfaction in a Buick automobile. Eldridge Buick Service is back of every Yakima Walla Walla The Home of the GMC Track been last two years, while the new car has had | dealer nm taken | is easier to learn on than a new one the some to) self that that in the car he wants. the history of the machine, The should be able to tell owned the car, whether he used it for business: or recreation, and what kind of usage It got. Did any parts have to be renewed thru breakage, wenr, accident other cause is another question to ask the dealer, What ix the condi tion of the tires, and how much w|longer will they stand up? Is the ut} motor in goed condition? Has it been overhauled, or is it the original motor? These are the leading potnta to be considered before buying a second ‘hand ¢ Gascigieaiiihes in Gas and Tire Can Be Avoided motorist has been figured out in dol |lars and cents in the magazine Pub Works. The saving to the whole country can be imagined from the figures this magazine gives in con nection with highway traffic in lowa. In that state, says the writer, “it is estimated that there now about 430,000 automobiles and aute mobile trucks, that have an average | mileage of 6,000 for their tres, and the present mileage could be in creased to 12,000 if the roads were well paved. With tires at $20 each |there would be a saving of more than $17,000,000 a year on tires alone “One-third of the present amount jot gasoline would be saved on good jroads, and assuming this to be one Hon a day for each auto | mobile, it would amount to $10,000,000 fa year, The saving on repairs and jupkeep of cars would reach nearty | $7,000,000 more, which, with the ad ditional sum derived from the auto tax, is sufficient to build three roads are & cont of $40,000 & mile. 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF RUBBER INDUSTRY Beginning with the tmportatian of rubber into England as a curio, tr 1820, this product of the tropics has Jumped to such importance in 100 “(when rough lumps of “caoutchouc as rubber was then known, were tm- ported into England, solely as curtos. In that year, an Englishman named Thomas Hancock established a laboratory in his home and expert mented on the elastic properties of the rubber. He made strips to keep stockings and gloves in place and also to keep pockets from betng | picked. With the afvent of the antomobile, the rubber industry made ita great est strides. Some indication of the |imerease in the last two decades of the consumption of raw material for fubber products may be seen from | the fact that in 1900 the world's pro- | duction of crude rubber was 63,890 long tons, while last year it was 290,- 000 long tona | ‘The production of rubber products jim the United States last year amounted to a value of $667,204,000 | |BRITISH TEST NEW FUEL FOR MOTORS LONDON, Dee. 25.—Natalite, a now motor fuel so called because of its discovery in Natal, South Africa, is [being put to various tests by the | British admiralty and a British re | search committee. This fuel, which has been in use lin Natal for some time and has been |spoken of, highly by tte users, is |eaid to be a by-product of the Natal sugar industry. It is a mixture of power alcohol and ether, The large | tracts of waste vegetation in South | Africa are looked upon as the future |wource of this fuel. | The research committes Investiat ing natalite is already at work try ing to denature It to prevent its use as an intoxicant, and making regula tions concerning Its use ag a motor fuel. At the mmme time, the British ad miralty has been experimenting with the fuel on motor boata Several |trial test# have already been made the results of which have not yet been made public. a Officers of the law have the au thority to seize on sight all auto mobiles having defaced or changed engine numbers in Penneylvania. Price $5.75 Other Models at $7.75 and $15.25 Your Dealer or Stewart Products Service Station 910 E. Pike St. Phone Kast 629 Phone Us Your Orders) (Dealers, Most important is the question as to who ‘The value of good roads to the] across the full width of the state, at| THE SEATTLE STAR Prepare for Winter Days With the winter season practically }at hand, the motorist is beginning to |wonder how much longer he will be Jable to gain full Joy from automobdtl ing. © troubles of winter driving jare staring him in the face, and be may already be planning to put the joar away for the winter. Put It will not be necessary for the | auto driver to do this, if he prepares for the cold spell in advance, Here Jare tn gagd condition. | carefully, will assure the motortst the use of bis automobile all winter ton, no matter how cold or unpleasant the | weather may be. 1, See that all mechanical parts are in god condition. 2. Keep storage battery full) charged. | 3. Use non-skid tires at afl timen 4. Have Ure-chains ready for snowy weather. 6. Change to Nght offs and greases. 6. Put a non-freeze preparation in the cooling system. 7. Keep the radiator and hood cov: | | Put a cleaner on the windshield. | & 9. For easy starting, get « priming device with a highly volatile fluid installed at the daah. | 10, Keep the garage heated while | the car is inside. | 11. For the comfort of the passen gers have a heater connected with the electric or the exhaust system, in he tonnean, | 12. For tourtme cara, put on a “winter top” or keep the curtains | down, || AUTO TALK | BEWARE SAND BLISTERS A wmall cut, especially in the ad of a rear tire, may permit the entrance of sand, which will work into a pocket between the tread and fabric. Such a mand blister sox wears thru and makes a serious | tire injury, the cure of which might be vulcanization. ‘To forestall this, fi all small cute with gum. With the great growth of auto! mobile traffic in Pennsylvania the) public service commiasion will adopt! uniform warning align at railroad | romsings, The sign is to be placed jon a metal post five feet high, so! an to bring it within the focus of! |adtomobile lghta It is to be a! re tne oreteat ta the wend 7? °*| metal disc 24 inches in diameter, | t wen in the summer of 1820} With @ white field on which the| letters “I. R.” are to be painted] tn binck five inches high, three and) three-quarter inches wide. There ts| to be @ onetnch black border and) black crossings two and one-half, inches wide. The «tens will be) placed at the 12.000 grade cronatngy | thruout the state, and should ma| terlally aid in reducing the number of accidents, The word “Sedan of the oldest terms applied to ao vehicle for transportation. t was used for the first time in France and takes Its origin from the French city of that nama } fs profabty one | With $33,000,000 avatiable tor 00d road work in 1920, the govern-| mont is urging the early letting of| Foad contracts for the year, This | sum i more than four times the amount estimated for 1919, A survey of all motor cars used thruout the United States to deter. mine the average sized car and the! average price paid shows a five-| Passenger, 105inch wheel base mo-| tor car valued at $994.98, ‘ine fret gasoline motor car, or) “Joy wagon,” was halied everywhere | as @ toy and wet aside as the play. thing for the idle rich some years aga 20/ Sinnaparchugy ts the word eotned by the Navajo Indians of Utah for motor car, and it ts lite ally trans lated to mean wagon that goes with a “chug.” The world's busiest traffic point at Columbus Circle, New York City, where more motor cars pass than apy other spot known. There is an average of 3,921 cars per hour, TIRES NEED CARE TO KEEP OVER WINTER If the automobile is not to be used during the winter, the fol lowing steps should be taken to keep the tires in perfect condition for next «pring: 1—Wash the tires carefully to remove oi] and grease. 2—-Remove them from the wheels and wrap them up in paper or cloth, %—-Store 1 a cool, dark, dry place, If tho tires are left on the car, the car should not stand en them all winter, or a new set of tires will be required in spring. NOVEL SPEED EXCUSE Haled before the judge of the traffic court and asked what he had to my against the charge mado by the officer that he wns exceeding the speed limit ex- ceedingly, the arrested one of. fered as his excuse that he “was chasing a funeral,” says a writer in the current issue of American Motorist. Even in New York, where ex cuses aro many and original, this was the limit, and the judge #0 intimated, ‘The prisoner ex plained he was an undertaker, and that the funeral cortege had left the church before he noticed that the pallbearers had been forgotten, whereupon he grabbed the bearers and set out to over take the funeral before It reached the cemetery. The Judge admitted the novelty of the ex planation, and tn recognition thereof he said the fine would be only $25, whereas had the ac cused trotted out any of the good, old-time excuses, he would have fined him all of $25 clothes. The Biggest Clothing Opportunity in many, many years Our Entire Stock of Hart Schaffner & Marx | Suits and Overcoats (except Full Dress and Blue Serge Suits) i} goes on sale Monday morning at exactly - _HALF-PRICE $40 Suits and Overcoats now $20.00 $45 Suits and Overcoats now $22.50 | $50 Suits and Overcoats now $25.00 $55 Suits and Overcoats now $27.50 ~ $60 Suits and Overcoats now $30.00 $65 Suits and Overcoats now $32.50 $70 Suits and Overcoats now $35.00 $75 Suits and Overcoats now $37.50 $80 Suits and Overcoats now $40.00 $85 Suits and Overcoats now $42.50 $90 Suits and Overcoats now $45.00 $95 Suits and Overcoats now $47.50 $100 Suits and Overcoats now $50.00 Full Dress Clothes, One-Fourth Off Blue Serge Suits, One-Third Off We can’t buy these Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes for any- thing like these prices; Hart Schaffner & Marx can’t produce them for so little; but we offer them to you at Half-Price as new evidence of our sincere desire to lower the price of good Sale starts Monday morning at 9 o’clock Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Shop Corner Second Avenue and Seneca Street ‘ Standard Furniture Remembers Help Christman joys were enbanced for the employes of the Standard Furni. ture company by the presentation by the company of 4 substantial addi tional check to each of them as 4 Christmas «gift. In addition to this the company presented toy# and Christmas gifts, acting as Santa Claus to all the chil. dren of Standard employea, an an- nual custom. “We have the grentest year's business in 60 years of the exist- ence of this store,” stated H, A. Schoenfeld. “We consider one of the big con- tributing factors of our success ts loyalty and co-operation of our or- ganimtion, and we are very pleased, indeed, to shOw our appreciation in a substantial manner.” Stagefolk at the Moore Make Merry Christmas is a “home” holiday It is @ day when one thinks of home and the kiddies, and the fire place, and the Christmas tree. But what of the stage folk away from home? Carl Reiter, of the Moore, solved it for the Orpheum players Christ mas Eve. He invited them to a midnight lunch, which was served on the stage of the theatre. All the men and women on the bill, as well as the property men, ushers and office employes were guests. Of course, there was special en- tertainment—the impromptu kind that is the spice of life of the true vaudevillan. There were Stella Tracey, in an imitation of Eva Tanguay, given on the spur of the moment; Joe Towle in a new line Gets $600 for 25 Years’ Work; Sues EVERETT, ILL, Deo. 22,—Wages for 25 years of labor were fixed at $600 by a jury at a hearing of a suit against Michael Bolger, 68, wealthy farmer, by John Sutton, 38, his adopted son. Sutton during that time received “board, lodging and clothing,” but ‘was content, because he believed Bol- |ger would “remember” him in his wil, When the latter remarried re- —————— eee of chatter; Sammy Fields in white: face; vivacious Bstelle Helene Had- den, Helen Warren, Boyd Davis, the fiddler; Tiny Burnett at the piano, and also a couple numbers from among local talent. Little Gladys De Meussey gave a toe dance, and Mrs, Allen imitated Fritz Scheff. A Merry We wish to thank our many friends and customers for their excellent patronage and to extend to them the Season’s: Greetings Push shane Pians & 1519 Third Avenue Sk EE Christmas cently Sutton realized that Bolger’s money would go to the woman and filed suit. Finest Quality Portraits a Photographers Between Christmas and New Year’s for that Family Group TOP FLOOR EITEL BLDG. Second Ave. at Pike St. Phone Main 1614 SEEEREEE=== eee [OES RR ERR TGR BOE ENA ise