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| ‘ SATURDAY. MAY 14, 192 Factory. Man Takes Charge L. V. Rawlings That the big automobile manufac turers are kc = to the West with Increasing tance ix evidenced by the announ ment made by the Lexington Motor Co. of Connersville, Tad., of the selection of L. V. Raw lings as personal representative of Frank B. Ansted, president of that company, who will have headquar-/ tere in Seattie. ence and years of training In the automobile industry, Seattle with an enviable record be hind him. Those who were permitted to hear him lecture on the new An recognized his technical knowledge of its mechanical operation and his abil ity to impart that knowledge to the man who drives an automobile, GRAVEL ROADS Kent Dee Moines jont Dee Meinee Terame Highline G~1 Reaton-Rewton Junction lowed for pay tng Detour via Orilita. ‘Maple Valley Maple Valley go via Issaquah Hobart. or via Swan Lake via Pipe | Lite Maple Valley-Biack Diamond —Good. Keat-Mapte Valley-—New road open from road. Kent cast; fair shape; balance of road | ‘W eodia ville Duvall Fair. Devell-Fall City—Good Rertmned Fall of Sales Force Mr. Rawlings has had wide experi-! and comes to! sted motor at the automobile show | PREPARED BY THOMAS KR BEEMAN) 1. IN. 7. Police ‘Learn How to Identify 680 Kinds of Autos Los ints on | chambe forests | wervice Sergeant John F. Brennan showing pupils at the New York |} police school how to identify automobiles, number NEW YORK, May 14, — Newtifying marks of all automobiles in |S4mPed York police are being taught to iden.) existence, and the rookies study from tity 680 different kinds of automo. | these. biles, In case of accident, the rookie has | taug every frag Jon ight a driver six cities had a few bits of broken rubber gouged from © tire and paint left Re | that th That's the main reason why the | been ei jot vinite percentage of rec of stolen | ment left fre motor cars ranks in the me| Brennan } jerene is, Statistics show it averages|*hom the 81 per cent. | been seeking, Sergt. John F. Brennan ts the | D°ailicht, Ipalice department's automobile ex. | Pert who teaches rookies how to dis tinguish at a glane angie each passing moto | A rear view of the « useful to 4 the color of the} ty In s of th rubb from any 41 the approximate time been on the road, By measuring the Dita of glass for curvature, the | service diameter and style of headlights were | | policeman entire ma |For there are just as m marks in back, as anywhere else the car From behind, the potic note the position in | Cetewmined, ‘The rest was easy,” nan. mays Bren. |cent fre eman may of the tail Ment, | how it shines on the license plate.| the width of the tonneau, the type | ‘ jot rear springs, the type and num | ber of rear windows At other angles, they are taught to observe the radiator formation, the style of radiator cap, the ghape|Sutomobiles have averaged an tn. of the mud guards, the number of | CTease of approximately 35 per cent |Ventilators in the hood, the position, |!n the past #ix months. shape and number of headlighis and other characteristics peculiar to | jeach car In the classroom, Sergt. Brennan Produces charts showing the iden For repatring automobile along ountry roads, traveling machine ops carried on motor trucks are operated in England | Materials for the construction of Songdiiheaae motor truck freight service is extensively patronized by department stores in New York and Philadelphia, y our ord c« Stewart Products Service Station 910 East Pike Street Eoumciaw; good gravel ‘Black Diamené—New concrete road two miles berond Aubarn, goed gravel beyond. Also good via Bove Creek. Sunset Highway—Snoqualmie pass open Road in King qunty in excellant con- dition. MeCiciian Fase Highway—Open to Green Water (Enumciaw-tireen Water River). Enemeiaw good Enumclaw excellent. h. ALL PAVED ROADS IN ‘GooD CONDITION Richmend Bench Mead Closed from brick road one mile west. Detour at x Tye Seattie- Vernon ferry discontinued. from ‘closed for paving. island good to fair. Renton. Faumclaw Other roads on — (East Side) —Con- ents pavement open for travel. tinuous concrete road from Renton to Enumclaw, via Kent and Auburn, For further ~ information call ling 5990. local 78 “Buy where you sell.” Vulcan Sales are constantly increas- ing. uleans have made good. FRANK WATERHOUSE & Co. PINE AT BELLEVUE TRUCKS A-1 Condition 2-TON FEDERAL $1,600 TERMS | Mack-International Motor Truck Corporation 1000 Pike St. Elliott 1101 Ask for Mr. Rossbach Co-operates inCaliforni California up to | Trevewtanerntes visions from $1,000, ete 000 to more than $2,000,000 are made | by several corporation# tn this coun-| each ¢ Threefourths of the wagons oF | will be better sutixfied with hin auto- had carts tn use are drawn by oxen or | mobile investment than if he bought | ¢ buffaloes in Bulgaria. Motor vehicis Incrrmwed 1,700 pgr| TM INNINNANg VHT LENO] THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE & lGovernment Rebuilt ‘Buick Good as New, Says W. E. Delfel “The story of the Rebuilt Buick in personally conduct them thru the a the House that Cooperation Built,/ entire establishment and then they |the Bldridge-Buick organization, is|can see with thelr own eyes junt worth knowing,” says W. 1. Delfel,| what is done with every used car ‘© | Buick sales manager of the Bldridge- | that comes in Buick Sales company For the past two years we h worked along these lines, and | know we are on the right track, | ANGELS ‘al, May 14 | ‘This is what happens when one of ur jour Buick owners trades in bi nia on a new model; One of our of | men, a ppectalint in his line, care. fully inspects the It is fully analyzed: before any practical work is done on it, This analysis is made | es even tho the owner says his car ix in perfect condition, In fact every ear that comes into this establixh: | ment has to undergo @ rigid examina jon, and it never goes on the sales wh rs © and eity together in con rdized thelr auto Sell Cars Not of California by the forest Many of these are equipped page pits, tables, benches, : Registered } DES MOINES, Ia, May 14.—The The lower half of the crankcase | mate of Iowa intends to collect every if it has to attach cars of delinquents and me innovation, the |, removed, the pistons are pulled that in 1920. a th | the cylinders, blocks, rings, pistons, d the nations | anion fferentinl are in Most of this B scopes A y|mpected. Tf th is an old model oe ae po the motor Iv taken out of the frame | nm mmin COM land if the car needs new blocks, p tons and rings, they are always in * | wtatled As s00n as the car has been com pletely overhauled and is in running | order, it is then tested out on the }road, If it needs painting we repaint | |it, In addition a new top is put on every used car that comes into the license fee due it | the motor sell them This iy the latest plan presented to the general assembly and the travele in the for collecting the fees from the auto mobile owners who have not yet paid thelr share to the state treasury. During 1919 and 1920, no drastic measures were used to collect the |ticense fees from delinquents. Un der a recent amendment to the state vehicle registration law, afl automo- bile owners must re-register their cars each year. Many motorists, however, have falled to enter their machines again this year and as a result are in jeopardy of loring their lx year will bring the number ore to the national forests of 2,000,000 We also tnstall new batteries in car and as a rule guarantee the tifes, It tw safe to aay that any owner of one of the rebuilt Buicks motor truck Ines. Automobile a new car at the ame price. Recent legislation authorizes the is negligible, | sheriff of each county to attach the automobile for which no registration fro has mg paid this year and sell We extend an invitation to Seattle iten who contemplate buying @ used car or a new car to pay a visit to our exclusive used car shop. We will om 1909 to 1918. Announcement— We Have Secured the Western Washington Franchise for the MARMON 34 By June 1 we will be settled in our new location in the Waterhouse building, just acrosethe street CORNER OF PINE AND BELLEVUE THE HOME OF THE MARMON FOR YEARS There we will be adequately equipped to properly display this beau- tiful car and to give the right sort of service for it. Our shop will be one of the finest in Seattle, and installed in it will be the latest and best of modern equipment that will permit us to prop- erly care for Marmon owners. Even before the recent astonishing price reduction of $1,015, the Marmon 34 was one of the best automobile values in America, and at the new price this splendid. car, one of the real artistocrats of motor- dom, stands supreme in its class. A shipment of Marmons is now en route and will be displayed in our new location about June L. UNITED MOTORS CO. Marmon, Cole, Reo, Dort, Reo Speed Wagons PHONE EAST 9 407 EAST PINE Sold by the Sands Motor Co. Carries the Envelope The Envelope Contains @ true history of the car from the former owner, when and from whom purchased, mileage, kind of service. As important a6 a deed or abstract to a piece of real estate. ° A complete record of the shop improvements we have put on it. No need to trust the salesman's memory—the shop repair sheets are in the envelope. The Envelope Protects the buyer of a used car from misrepresentation and exagger- ated claims by salesmen—from paying a top price for a car not rebuilt, from paying one cent on a car that will not give satisfaction, from law suits and lowes resulting from stolen and encumbered cars. It furnishes a clear Bill of Sale and a Personal Guarantee from Mr. P. E. Sands, THE “SANDS” PLAN WE BIND OURSELVES TO DEAL WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE DEALT WITH | SANDS MOTORS Ce {ith at Pine Kelty-Springfeid Bigg © East 991 REMOVAL SALE United Motors Must Move To Occupy Frank Waterhouse Building On June first we will move to a bigger and better location across the street. We would like to make this move with a clean slate as far as new and used cars and trucks are-concerned. We now have a large stock, and if PRICE will move them—every one will be sold within the week. Here Is Our Unusual Offer ! All Used Cars and Trucks Marked Down to Nearly One-Half Former Price If you have a Used Car and want to exchange it for one of our new ones—all we want is to know what you consider your car worth. COME ON—LET’S GO! We realize that this is a radical departure from conventional automobile merchandising methods, but this is to be a bargain week and we frankly say that we are doing this to quickly move our stock. We know that to get quick action we must make an ap- pealing inducement, and we feel certain that this special will do it. In addition to this special trade-in offer we have for this week priced our used cars and Reo Speed Wagons at figures that are remarkably low. We know that price is the biggest deciding factor in ‘the minds of the buying public today, and we have priced these cars and trucks accordingly. Weare positive that those shopping for genuine values at absolute rock-bottom prices will be impressed with the cars we have to offer. This offer is for one week only. UNITED MOTORS CO. Marmon, Cole, Reo, Dort, Reo Speed Wagons 407 East Pine Phone East 9 lowaPlansto | bi state motor registration department] * ry Tt Exper RZGSALEs@ | Phone East 842 Price $750—$250 down, balance in 12 equal monthly payments. This car has. not been overhauled. We do not guarantee it in any respect. It has a’ © poor paint job plus a poor top, but if you are mechanically inclined, this is @ real buy and we believe you can repair it very reasonably. was left with us to sell by the orig purchaser when.he left Seattle. The mo tor has been thoroughly overhauled, all worn parts have been replaced. , guarantee satisfaction in every respect. 7 $3 Agi rs “Price $1,500—$500 down, balance in ; 12 equal monthly payments. 1919 five- passenger Buick with Rex top. This top alone cost $300 when new. The trans-— mission and differential have both been inspected, washed out, greased and oiled. : Price $650—$275 down, balance in 12 equal monthly payments. This car — has been completely overhauled and inspected throughout, the front system rebushed and all worn parts renewed. ~ This car is especially fine for doctors, ELDRIDGE BUICK SERVICE AND A NINETY-DAY a GUARANTEE GO WITH EVERY REBUILT BUICK : 802 East Pike Street The Home of the GMC Truck f