The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1921, Page 7

Automobile Shows Will [Over Million Stimulate Industry The automodile shows are to be) And even with the growth to almost) year ix based on the output ca d Drenkers. S. A. Miles, general | 400 exhibitors this year, automobiling | pacity of one and a quarter mil ¥ wer of both expositions held is still in its infancy, The public will| tion cans and tracks. Wander the auspices ofghe National | never aguin rely on the horse PARARAAAA Bt transportation, but with more peo facturers have every confidence in and bigger business, the country will | depend more and more on the motor ear, For this reason, the automobile @ bound to grow in favor, for it has graduated from a so-called pleasure vehicl@into a vehicle of utmost util | tty. Dealers and manufacturers In New | York are giving Mr. Miles their heartiest co-operation, and in con | tion wh the show are planning a | special campaign that will attract he widest attention, A recent «ym | posium on trade conditions says that | the outlook for 1921 has been grea ly improved in the past few weeks, and there Js no doubt but that manu o@, returned to ago last week mber of Comme York from Ch AUTO TALK. WATER IN OIL Of tn the crank case should be As pure as possible at all times winter. If water accumulates it will freeze and wreck the and pump. Some of the ore, should be drained off fre- tly. tomobile busines LIGHTHOUSES WILL GUIDE MOTORISTS There must be mariners in the highway commission of Wyoming, for they have adopted an instru ment of the sea on their roads. It's the lighthouse, Dangerous curves will be designated by yel low lights and railroad crossings by red lghts, The lehthouses will “wink” 45 times a minute, and will be vinible three miles away v ol ‘The continued and increasing tm tation of American tires into Eng *@ has brought a protest from the! h rubber trade. A heavy im: duty is demanded. CLEANING THE TOP Kerosene or gasoline should never Used to clean a top. Mohair tops cleaned best by dusting off and ing briskly with a stiff brush. “With the approach of winter the} chains; looking after tread ote tops are best cleaned with | season is here when wy expect the| tires, Any number of repair brush dipped in water in which | occasional shower, and there is a| which take very little skill and n little ammonia, after which the | movement among motorists to have at deal of time may be mentions should be rubbed dry. | their cars put in condition for wet| but the time epent in this manner t oot weather, There are, perhaps, many| always most prefitable and well automobiles are allowed in| small repair jobs, which the motor-| spent, because ft all means added mda, but the little island has/ ists can do for themselves, which re-| comfort and safety.” to permit the importation of | quire no degree of real skill, but tractors because of the pro-| which garage men charge dearly for Bibitive cost of horsepower on the | doing. “Our busthees is naturally a barom Fords for 1920 the soundness and growth of the au-| THE SEATTLE STAR HUMOR PATHOS ROMANCE O.HENRY Story a Day On December 14th, Ford produc You; this in Plunkett, of Woodbine tion bounded over the million mark | entre, Reserve four orchestra seats ‘ According to reports from automo-| prepared to make the final cleanup) 6 tne your Midnight saw tb ern ura | fon Friday evening—my usual ones. centers, there will be marked| on all the details of the Gotham aiate at 1,002,615, the day's run Yel; Friday—good-bye.’ Hulation to business after the au-{ show in Grand Central Palace, He va pt aE tiny S t oy se New’ Y . | Mamobile shows, next month. Manu-| has had to cut down each space ap-| DAVing been 4.184 cars, por s BS sale ag Diy Ags ey i | Gacturers have been greatly impress: | portionment to the smallest possible | Ford officials say that more cars See eet ae ee A with the results of the amalier au-| limit, in order to equeese in the many | W¢Fe Produced the last three months | (¢ ‘opyrioht, 1920, by the Wheeler | farmer, hanging up the receiver, ‘I fomodlle expositions held tn different | exhibitors, and even after making al-| than any other quarter of the year,| Syndicate, Incy . | epolt bp “4 eagll flyer Se ny ae = 1 apolls, epend te nor ne hey ae the cou 0 far this sea-|lowgnces for 88 car builders and| Notwithstanding the fact that there! Jeff Peters must be reminded = ~. a jorge ag Bos vn er “ yi it is generally believed that nearly 300 accessory dealers, he had | Were fewer production days. While | Wheneve he Is called upon, point and get home in time to mee the of the national shows are staged, | more than 10 accessory manufactur: | the figures for November and De jediy, for a story, he will maintain Ghlakens wb to recat 48 hours tater New York from January 8 to Jan- | ers crowded out. joember will be lower than thore/that his life has been as devold of | On, the pristine Hubbard aquasherino 15, and in Chicago, from Janu It is interesting to note, in connec: | of October, which was a record | incident as the longest of Trollope's of the cave-dwelling period in getting 29 to Feburary 5, there wit be| tion with the New York show, that breaking month, yet the average|novels, Hut lured, he will divulge. | peared up some for the annual meet tt improvements in trade condi | the first one, held In Madison Square | daily output will be greater. Therefore I cast many and divers ing of the Don‘t-Bléw-Out-the-Gas as “4! Garden, in 1900, had just 66 exhibits. | The estimated production for next | flies upon the current of hi*/ sociation, don't you think, Mr, || thougtfis before I feel a nibble “I notice,” mid I ern farmers. Bunk?’ "Tt goom to percety “that the West in spite of their pr perity, are running after their Old) in which, heretofore, I have repored populistic idols again.” onfidence “Its the runding season.” eaid ‘Bure, Bunk,’ says he. ‘The yel Jeff, “for farmers, xhad, maple trees | iow primrose on the river's brim in and the Connemaugh river something about farmers 1 #truck one once that of the rut; but Andy Tucker prov I know I thought had got out 1 getting to look holiday edition guage and frontinpioce.’ to us Reubs like luxe of the Lan to me | was mistaken. ‘Once a) “Just then the telephone calls him farmer, always a sucker,’ «ald Andy ea & e e He's the man that's shoved into “ ‘Hello, hello? mays he. . that's J Wh D | [as Seca ies ete, Sass | Pacha ot atadn.4 ea poe geen anuary ite Displays and grirtie of the country,’ said| you got him there? Good. Let me F/ Andy, ‘and I don’t know how we/see him. Get away from the trans B ° ° M d would do without him.’ | mitter Now make him rot a [rei ee ay anal ae” se "aN i ee || eginning Monday up with 68 cents between us in a| Mep on—faster yet. © * © That'll || yellow pine hotel on the edge of ae Now d him up to the ‘phone ° he predigested hoe cake nm o Cloner. Get hia nowe near® The . . . . . Southern dualaan, Wow we pox'ect| Mow welt. Worl Gant wnat that —with table after table bearing piles of dainty Undermuslins the train there the night before I| horse. What? No; not at any price. . : : can’t tell you; for she went thru. He interferes; and he's windbroken, {| @Specially purchased-for the January Displays — with a pro- the village so fas pat what looke Good bye” . . . . sie. & enloun So: tue’ thom, the oar] ° Sewn aes” bayes-tha taiwan fusion of Household Linens and White Yard Goods—offering window turned o io ” com. | ‘do you be ‘Oo realize ny rieu pintte, Hiaw a0 'ic Gite Wate Gad nite ber teee bir ok? Sereuien to January purchasers the advantages of abundant new water tank two blocks apart. Why |in a bygone era. Why, Tom Lawson we got off at the first station we| himself knowns better than to try to ould, belongs to @ little orolde gold catch an uptodate agriculturiat watch and Alaska diamond deal we | napping. It's Saturday, the 14th, on failed to pull off the day before the f you bet. Now, look here, ver the Kentucky line and see how we keep up with the “When I woke up I heard roosters | day's doings rowing, @nd «melt something Uke| “He shows me a machine on a the fumes of nitro-murlatic acid, and| table with two things for your ears heard something heavy fall on the|like the penny.in-theslot affairs, I puts it on and listens, A female Voice starts up reading headlines of murders, accidents and other politi. floor below us, and a man swear ing ’omys T, ‘a kind of Miatus in the agrartan traditions of Flowers with deckle edges FREDERICK & NiLSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET | The Downstairs Store Joins in the selections and especially interesting prices. Typically Attractive. January Offerings in the Downstairs Store SILK ENVELOPE CHEMISES, $1.95, $2.50, $3.00 to $5.50. MUSLIN-ENVELOPE CHEMISES, 65¢, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, “Cheer up, ay,’ says I. ‘We're Fink a0 we ter of activity on the part of ear ina rural “community, Somenody |°! carlton $1.75 to $2.50. ‘AD BL wners,” says O. H. Pound, manager y has just tested a gold brick down hat you hear, says the farm * Proper grip @ the fan belt is as! of the Western Auto Supply Agency stairs. We'll go out and get what's |* 8. & *ynoptin of today’s news in MUSLIN GOWNS, 75¢, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 to $3.25. pt in winter as in summer. “for it is here that motorists pur wane to os fren & fee ‘ang |te New York, “Chicago, St. Louis are) , rr pme wbdtorists even disconnect the | chase their tools, supplies and equip then solcks! and aeay! [and Ban Francisco papers. It ia SILK GOWNS, $3.95, $5.00, $5.95 and $6.95. im cai winter, Incarring the| ment, and we can quite easily fore ats wired In to our Rural News bureau Ss J 4 00. ‘bility of overheating the engine | tell what kind of work they are do- ‘When we omy de bee ed Prod 4 served hot to subscribers. On MUSLIN SKIRTS, $1. ’ $1 -50, $1.75 to $3.75. at 6 mise seatie sar otaney are cartng| SaeEaEenes-Sonr ay * “UMM Itinent farming cnction we ever ote.ltes ong wemheret tee eet: Ave MUSLIN CORSET COVERS, 75¢, $1.00 to $2.50. a age vv ~ Pair to} About two miles « ° y ” wager git dha : © Motor truckagmoved 1.200 00,000 for the mechanical condition of thet Deg Moinee:Turoma Wightine—Pa Abaat (wo mies away'en 6 Nios lesa cor \@e of adv ane sheets of BLOOMERS, 50¢, 75¢, $1.00, $1.25 to $2.50. eae They. wits ‘aaanh only | of local motoring Ry eo gt Seer ro gla a ae py a wide-apr 4 sertenh “1 picks Myon peg inihdl ead the LSP gine? ] Renton Maple Valley Impassedie etitural agglomeration of elds and | it's heade #) Avanc Prootn. y to *s . alley se pe "Whose house is that? we asked i aly Oskaloosa burglars stole! whe adjust ané or via Swan Lake Pipe 5 and #0 forth. i > * i OE ey ES al ak eae Pepe eis seni cute BED SHEETS, special $1.25 each. ‘Almost a geels Gav's Profit cont of labor in automobile shops Je : Valleg-New road open trom| That’ saya he, te the ane and sets cut a bottle of green chart PILLOW CASES, special 25¢ each. ‘American Moto’ the first incentive to ‘do it yourself, fair shapa Ualance of |™ arboreal, terrestrial nd} reuse, and over and looks at Silind Sak Genel: & enmas Gah a Seoine - horticultural accessories of Farmer|the ticker tape. | * BEDSPREADS, $1.95, $2.45, $2.85 and $3.45. (KEP FEET OFF PEDALS ure is derived from keeping your car Jyorei bu Clty cent Fara Plunkett, one of our county's} ‘Consolidated Gas up two points, FACE TOWELS, 15¢ and 25¢ ch. should form the habit of | in the finest possible condition. Kedmond—Fall City most progressive citizens. anys he. ‘Oh very well.’ J LL, eal their feet off the clutch apd! “Among the many t®ings which | [edmon een TToserste’” pave: |_“After breakfast me and Andy.| ‘Ever monkey with copper? I TOWELING, 17¢ and 22¢ yard. pédais as much as possible.| motorists are doing in the way of ment, ¢ open. | With eight cents capital left, casts | asks | , ry r r ting the fagt on the pedals wears | preparing for wet weather,” accord:| | Gravel section « soa |*8t Horoscope Of tHe rural potentate.| “Stand back? sare he, raising his LINEN-FINISH COTTON SUITING, 25¢ yard. the clutch collar, making it| ing to Pound, “is waterproofing their | jomeauah-Eall Chy Nore ee cammam. ‘Let me go alone,’ says I. ‘Two | nd, ‘or I'll call the dog. I told you ] y x , and may cause the brake to| tops, recovering the old tops or put-| isn Pair yen of us against one farmer would look |"°t to waste your time.’ fine aes yr e 7 19¢ yard. } Wearing it out also. It is best/ ting on the new one-man, handy | Newport leaquah-—Good. as one-«ided an Roosevelt using both Ph afb don, pF tap am JONG CL in 12-yar Ss) 7 if Keep the feet near the pedals ready | top: painting their own cars; relining | Meatem-Wellevee “Coot. hs to dell m griaaly.” you don't mind my telling you, your 3 lis, special $3.50 bolt. instant use. their brakes; replacing worn skid| mites trom Isaquah. Good grevet vee] “AN right, says Andy. 7 Ike pan ns to clog slightly. I'v * ceed aso — ' to write an article on the (THE DOWNSTAIRS S T, Auburn-Dinck Diamond — New conerste|'? be & true sport even when I'M | Chimera of Communism for a maga TORE) 4 two milen beyond Auburn Goed Only collecting rebates from the an& attend a meeting of the gravel beyond. Also good via Sooelrutabaga raisers, What bait are you! face Track Annociation thin after We sisi funcet Highway—(Fast of North Bena) |*%M@ to use for this Ezra thing? | noon. Of course you understand by Snow on mountain section; Mnequal- | Andy asks me. now that you can't get my proxy for|began to roll the little ball on the; ne a eee ee ‘Ob,’ mays I, ‘the first thing that] your remedy, whatever it may be.’ |tabie. I whistled a tune or two, McClellan Pass Mighway — (Enumclaw. |COMes to hand in the suit @mse. I] “Well, #ir, all I could think of toland then ‘1 started up the old THE WILKES PLAYERS Green Water river)—-Gravel section be- [reckon I'll take along some of the|do was to go out and get in the | formula. } mar leita ade 1S - ot ome tas recstote: and the buggy. The horse turned aroung! “Step up ively, gentlemen. OFFER THE MERRIEST OF COMEDIES NEXT recipe for making clover honey outland took me back to the hotel. says I, “and watch the little ball, It ALL waver soone Goop of clabber and apple peelings; and| hitched him and went In to see Andy.|costs you nothing to look. There eile Mead — Paving com-|‘¢ order blanks for the McGuffey's|In his roorm 1 told him about this you see it, and there you don't readers, which afterwards turn out/farmer, word for word; and I sat Guess where sthe little joker is to be MeCormick reapers; and the| picking at the table cover like one The quickness of the hand deceives pearl kh e¢ found on the train;| bereft of sagaciousnessn he eye.” and a pocketsize gold brick; and T don't underetaséd it’ cays I steals a look at the farmer a-— humming a sad and foolish little|man. 1 the sweat coming out aged “That'l be enough,’ says Andy.|song to cover my humiliation om his forehead. He goes over and THE Any one of the lot ought to land on| “Andy walks up and down the closes the front door and watches} Ezra say, Jeff, make that suc-| room for a long time, biting the left|me some more, Directly he says . otash jor give you nice, clean, | end of his mustache as he does when | 1") bet you twenty I can pick the BKIDGRS TNDEK CONST RE OTION new bills. It a disgrace to our de n the act of thinking. shell the ball’s under now.” % Duvall bridge will be 4 for two! partment of agriculture, civil service ‘Jeff,’ says ho, finally believe fter that,’ goes on Andy pt A asc Use bridge atl and pure food law the kind of stuff | your story of this expurgated rustic; | ‘there is nothing new to relate. H at @ ay now Yor, further information call Main ne of these farmers hand out to| but Iam not convinced. It looks in-|only had $860 in cash in the house 906, local 34. ur I've had to take rolls from ‘em |credulous to me that he could have| When I left he followed me to the 4 — that looked like bundles of microbe | inoculated himee<cif aguinst Hi the |g There was tears in his eyes - TOURISTS ESTABLISH NEW | cultures captured out of a Red Cros preordained systems of bucolic bunco. | when he shook hands. The gamble in connection with buying HIGH FIGURES ambulance. Now, you never regarded me as a| Bunk,” says he, “thank you $0, I goes to a livery stable and|man of special religious prociivities,|for the only real pleasure I've had : A ‘ i Some conception of the volume of 4 . » a uséd car is entirely removed by tourists aravel thruout. the country [Dit & buciy on my Yooka I drove] did you. Jeff? says Andy. lin yeara. It brings up happy ol : , ser during the season Just closing can | Sut t0 the Plunkett farm and hitched ell.’ nays 1, ‘No. Buty says T,/days when I was only a farmer an¢ Eldridge Buick Sales Company. te hast fromthe tolling renorea|THeR*, was a man “siting on the [not to "wound his feelings, “t-bave|not an ugriculturist. God bles from Cheyenne, Wyo, on the Lin-| > he how wd on |also observed many cht members | you i eet 4 white flannel suit, a diamond ring,| whose proclivities we ot so out Here Jeff Peters ceased, and 1 . < ge golf cap and a pink ascot tie. ‘Sum-|wardly developed that they would | inferred that his story was done. ‘§ Our Business Creed-- On July 28th at the free camp) mor boarder a I to myself how on a white handkerchief if! “Then you think"--I began j ° ea pemrgpecarsy rid yoy pti) I'd like to see Farmer Ezralyou rubbed ‘em with it | “Yes,” said Jeff, omething lke yenne, and consisting of 40 acres! piunkett,’ says 1 te him rmmonagee eta P 2 ee P , : — M k a have alwa wen » stu-lthat, You let the farmers go ahead yenth week at é —We believe the public is entitled to a of ground with alt conveniences for You see him,’ says he. “What|aent of nature from creation down,'|and amuse themselves with pollti the Majestic theatre, tee kee ? t i - “tes he automobile tourists provided, @! seems to be on your mind says Andy, ‘a believe in an ul-| . sneso 1 r 294 square deal and we are in a position 0 census was taken with the following| “1 never answered a word, 1|myS, Andy, jand I believe in an ul:|Furming’s | a lonesome | life; | and give it such a deal. remarkable results stone MIN rocmatine tor mepelt the |{imetum _deslen | of Providence. they've been against the shell gam P s There were 763 cars, carrying! rotti king lines of that merry Single, | and that was to furnish a 1 OGG f ansemcsiisierasponiinmten latent —We believe in business ideals founded 0 people, Thirty-two states were! ‘The Man With the H When Tlto men like me and you. Else why U S.A Good ‘1 h isfi eee ked at this farmer, the little de-|was wo given brains? It is my be| Wee AAPMY s on service that satisfies. It was estimated at the time| vices I had in my pocket for bunco:| ice that the manna that the Ieracl.| Rel d £ : ‘“ . | that there were 600 more people out-|ing the pushed-back brown seemed 80 | cag Niven. on for domty Yours ,in the leased from ' } —We believe “he profits most who eh te the cant unable to get in. é how ean as trying to shake down the| wilderness was, only a figurative) Camp Travis, Texas § |———— } A ctically every community] beef trust with a mittimus and a par |Worg tor farmers: ard the ; serves best. along the Lincoln highway, from one| lor rifle ard for farmems and they wert u|15,000 More O. D. All- coast to the other, has definite] “‘Well,’ says he, looking at me ~ ~~ an sada 6. | —We bejjeve in conducting our business J} rigures of a new high mark @f tour-|clow I nee the lett pock ap fn gg ated va ells ae ped, LAN Si ata Fo “ "$3.25 in such a manner that we can look the ff *t travel establinhea St your cont enas & good deal, CAF |comecn.” in spite ot. the veneeriogige. omen? Cioee cue 4 facts of yesterday and the possibilities more interested in the bricks than 1/404 the orifichn that a spurlous cv-| “g. M. Department 83.00 het ig rj 7 a n the c 60-da notes and ala . % at ; wg | Overalls hue. Tr u pers: “ jatiness ‘84 of tomorrow squarely in the eye aia ies the tei S0-Aay notes aBdtER) Styui}: cuit, enme ah.d. Odd, eavel ere are } tunpers ee Resinning Monday Matinee “EM 7 amd ® : I, ‘This one's shook off the shackles | be | : me . I had a kind of cerebral sensa - " : Underwear, Heavy, garment 7T5¢ Rule isggood business—a foundation of ratiocnation; but 1 pulled out the|aveation, iitrature, ‘und. intel ‘esa “DOL 4d k hi h to b il ] for te little brick and unwrapped my hand pea J | Double Gray Heavy in kets. 86.50 roc. on whic. ullC or ered r pm hiet off it ; Ti dows dat Aehyl) Mahone exalt’ Canned Bacon, 12-1b, tins, pat Featuring service ‘One dollar and eighty centa," says} : iat tas at $2.60 The McKinley Sixters and Irene Coclahan J |the farmer hefting {t in his hand. ‘In| C*rtin laws of nature that free) 1 i. white Hospital Blankets York on a F it a trade? rural delivery can't overcome. cath $6.00 be | ve lead « worth more tha Andy fumbles around awhile in| , Soc! . e BALDWIN, BLAIR & CO. 7 . thi know ab The ead In te worth more than], ANdY fumbles asound awhile 1 army acc ocr oe icant us? | [Sock Pages If there is anything you want to know about that,’ says I, dignified. I put it back {the closet and comes out dressed i 1 Aly Woot B56 to BOE jc_Nevelty Used Cars, drop in and ask us. No obli- LOEW'S ying pocket eee da’ POUe Tank, tis “vant ae TGOk MEMS bard 83.00 % “AN right,’ s he. ‘But I sort/®* big as yo . a iio ip y Shoes F ELLOTTE DU led PATSEE UN cscs sare bea norte ae ot and weary nF Som a nyo RIT ae gations entailed. : high silk hat, I noticed he'd soaked £P v4 e es sss 00 to $8.00 Right Out TINUOUS starting. I got a 5,000 ne last Government Cany ard 40¢ weak ter bbe his sandy mustache in a kind of |Governm rage ape es yo 2 Army Flanne ue, Gray and | “Just then a telephone bell rings |Plue ink Khaki, Season's Musical Novelty ae | Kha per yard 448 85¢ ' A Happy and Prospfous New Year to All, in the house Great Barnur s1 u're 5 renteosa omen.) saya the farmer, and] tinker fora circus thiubleris! Camp Lewis Wireless HOWARD & ROSS i CARMEL look at my place. It's kind of lone: | mar 901 THIRD AVENUE bom “BEAUTIF ome here sometimes. I think that's} Right,’ sa Andy. ‘Is the bug Next to Madiso atiigent’ of the Banjo” va Mow Tare sy outside? Wait here till I come Seattle, Was! po | n't | | We went inside, The room looked | back. IT won't be long —— ene Vantagescope Showing Sth FE . cope ow a ipisode of “ride 13” like @ Broadway stockbroker’s—Nebt Two hours afterwards = Andy ute © roel « “ ” ‘ 1 Admission: Mat « LIGHTN oak desks, two phones, Spanish | steps in the room and lays a wad of ti General ae es itor a Saeee Sen, anh Sone | eee a ee Cuticura p a cone 7 couches, oil paintings in gilt frames | Hight hundred and sixty dol SPOKANE WALLA WALLA e feot deep and a ticker hitting oft| lars, maid he, ‘Let me.tell you. He] SHAVES ————— 5 e “ one ¢ P| as in He looked me over and be! ‘The Home of the GMO Tri ee aoe om, ow gant Without Mug Ts % “AN A Hello, hello! says this funny] an to guy me. I didn’t say a word, | ~ “ nena LAW farmer, ‘Ig that the Regent theatre? but got out the walnut shells and STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS oe Rabi ncitnn aes | ‘