The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 18, 1921, Page 11

§ seSkeerca F555, le | 823 Seaboard Bids. SATURDAY, JU WO AUTO CONCERNS IN MERGER Pavestern Auto ‘Supply Co. Absorbs Northwestern Organization , operating a large the western half of tt tes, with general offices in Los |and foreign sales possibilities will be memgeles, and capitalized at has just. completed ne compan poration Seattle, Portland, Yakima, la and Boise, The Autoparts Supply company founded in the winter of 1912) Ernest L. Hawkes, who has re tained almost exclusive ownership of business from that | ES has been remarkable, and its markable one and the history of the| PER ANNUM lh are ready ita cost. THE ACME STEA CARBURETOR Kills Carbon Alds Lubrication Adds Power Saves as High as 40% of Ges and on All through the successful se- tation of the problem of getting }moisture inte the cylinder head. FITs ANY CAR ACME STEAM CARBURET DISTRIBUTING Back to Pre-War Pri dust Reduced $250 $1375 Delivered The Law “License bearing signature of owner must be carried in container dmving transparent cover on ‘steering post or in- strument boar Ja Charge of State Police. ASK YOR THE THE “LEGAL for Automobile Licenses. s For Sale by all Garages and Accessory Dealess i Western Auto Supply omobile tire and accessery stores the purchase of the eight large | lores owned and operated by utoparts Supply ion-dollar Tacoma, Bellingham, jemonstrate t investing ACME STEAM CARBURETOR will return interest on an unbelievable PRICE, INSTALLED $15.00 Main 5997 NOTICE Get Your Container for Your Automobile License Certificate : requiring installation of License Containers Cameron, Asstatant Dirvetor of Efficiency tm License ‘Container <B = 18, 1921 THE SEATTLE STAR Hoover and N. A. C. C. Get Together WASHINGTON, June 18 tion of foreign trade in U. 8. motor vehicles will be pushed harder than ever thru the co-operation of the Na tional Automobile Chamber of Com. merce with the U, 8, department of commerce Promo: Following a conference with Secre- tary of Commerce He last wee! representati of the N. A. C, GC! have devised a plan by which a spe clal committee will get together with | the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to promote sales of Amer ican automobiles in foreign coun tries com-| Surveys will be made to ascertain chain of | the foreign demand for motor vehi cles, Other Information he United | American automobile affecting manufacture $3,000,- Collected And distributed here. gotiations | — jannual sales very large. Even with |lower prices and generally adverse business conditions, its sales have been steadily increasing. Hawkes assigns illness in his family as one of the principal reasons for dispos- ing of his interests at this time. GROWTH OF COMPANY |HAS BEEN REMARKABLE The growth of the Western Auto| Its | Supply company has been a most re. the y! a half. operating Spo- Walla ume. jconcetn reads more like fiction than | | fact. | Getting an idea and sticking to it, giving the public something they |want and need, giving them quality merchandise and, above all, always | keeping faith with the public, is the | jexplanation given by Mr. Pepper- |dine, its president, for the continual |growth Of his business—a business | |which grew from a desk in a garage | in Kansas City to one of the largest | jof its kind in the short space of 12 years. |, “When I first started with a desk jin @ garage in Kansas City, just 12 |years ago, my capital consisted of | about $5 and a lot of nerve,” says Pepperdine. “However, with this nerve I secured a consignment of $100 worth of merchandise and went to work, and while in those days there were not as many automob: as there are today, they needed a cessories then just as they do now, and it was riot long before my first stock Was exhausted and I was fairly on the road to building up a big business.” I DEVELOPED INTO NTIC CONCERN With the eight Autoparts Supply company stores just acquired, the Western Auto Supply company, that had such @ small beginning, has de- yeloped into an organization consist- ing of 29 storés, scattered over the Western states, and is probably the | largest concern of its kind in the world. For the present, the stores of the Autoparts Supply company will be Operated as a subsidiary company, and there will be no radical change in policy, and no change in manage- ment or personnel. Gradually the stock of goods in each of the stores will be increased and made to conform in price and variety to the Western Auto stand- ard, and probably twice as many itemis will be cagried in stock as for. merly. Quality merchandise, unex- celled service, a money-back guaran- tee and competition-proof prices will prevail as in the other Western Auto stores, BUY DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURER Like the Autoparts Supply com- pany, the Western Auto Supply com- pany buys its goods direct from the |manufacturer, but in even greater | quantities, selling direct to the con- thereby eliminating middle- Profits and effecting substan- tial savings for the motorist. Already plans are under way in | Severat cities in the Northwest for |securing more commodious store rooms, where the huge stocks can be better displayed, and a program of | publicity will be undertaken that will keep the motoring public con- tinually reminded of the advantages to be derived from maintaining a acquaintance with “Sav- who is the genial little trade character adopted by Western Auto as personifying their policy of saving and serving with a smile, Belgiom will build as tunnel for street cars, vehicles and pedestrians |under the river Scheldt. Tasmania is the world’s chief source of the rare*mineral, osmiri- \dium. , | | Speedway TACOMA, June 18. the nation’s most famous motor car racing drivers have now entered for the tenth annual race at the Tacoma July 4. Capt. Eddie Rick enbacher, America’s ace of aces, has accepted the invitation to referee jthe big event and Louis Chevrolet, dean of all American race drivers, will be the pacemaker for the field of stars. ing history will probably be shat- |tered at Tacoma July 4. The Tacoma | track is about 10 miles faster an hour than Indianapolis and with the most daring drivers and fastest cars, all indications point to the hardest fought race ever staged on Inde pendence day, ) TOMMY MILTON OUT FOR € MPIONSHIP Tommy Milton, who won at Ta- coma last year and again at In- dianapolis on Memorial day, is after the championship honors for 1921. All speed records in motor car rac: | Milton is after the big purse at Ta- coma as well as the 500 points go- ing to the winner of the event. Ros coe Sarles, who took second place at Indianapolis, will be at Tacoma, will Jules Ellingboe, winner of third place. The field of drivers and cars they will pilot already entered for the |Tacdma 250-mile race follows: Howard Wilcox, Pougeot Special. Eddie Pullen, Duesenberg Special Eddie Hearne, Revere Special. Ralph Mulford, Frontenac Special. Tommy Milton, Frontenac Special. Special, Roscoe Sartes, Duesenberg Special, Alton Soules, Frontenac Special. Jules lingboe, Frontenac Special. Ira Vail, Leach Special. Tom Alley, Frontenac Special. Joe Thomas, Duesenberg Special. Edward Miller, Duesenberg Special. Out of the purse of $28, 000 at Ta- as | Jerry Wondertich, Duesenberg | a $10,000, Second money is $5,000, and the remaining $10,000 will be divided | between the next eight men to fin- ish. In addition there will be about $20,000 in side money from national tire and accessory concerns to be di- vided between the winners. GRAND STAND NOW SEATS 16,000 PEOPLE All is in readiness for the big event at Tacoma, The new grand stand Now seats 16,000 people. In the field free parking space, where there is an [excellent place to view the race, Grand stand seat holders pass to and from the field thru a tunnel under the track, and there are three en- trances to the field, one by an over- head bridge. The drivers are all expected in Ta- coma not later than June 25 for prac- is room for thousands of cars in the | View of the Tacoma speedway, where it is expected some new speed records will be established on July 4th. Thirteen of | coma on July 4 the winner will take| try ever received at Tacoma will be a Peugeot, driven by Howard Wil cox. Gou: the othe: high mar! Wes etal tice. The first and only foreign en- race Motors Co., of France, 1919, The Tacoma speedway is ready for @ crowd of 50,008 on July 4, All | all over the Northwest have been coma to the speedway all roads will be policed a4 well as marked. Spe- grade crossings, ‘The race this year brings to Ta- coma the pick of American racing drivers, most important national motor car AUTOMOTIVE SECTION Tacoma Speedway All Set for Races Records May Be Smashed on F ourth The car wag entered by Jules x, chief engnieer of the Peugeot Wilcox won Indianapolis §00-mile race in but has never been seen on any r track. ways leading into Tacoma from ‘ked by the Automobile club of tern Washington, and from Ta- officers will be at street and and the event is to be the of the year, Valve Marker Motorists whose cars are equipped with disc wheels find trouble locat- ing the position of the tire valve on the inside, especially if the wheel is caked with mud. This difficulty can be avoided by punching a mark on the outer hub flange near the hub cap and opposite the tire valve, By cleaning this smaller circle, the valve can be located more easily. Dent Remover No need of having the garage man straighten out your dented gasoline tank. Here's how any motorist can do it: Attach a hose from the air pump to the feed outlet; fill the tank with water; plug up the vent in the tank cap; apply about 20 pounds of air pressure, at the same time tap- ping gently with a mallet around the outer edge of the dent. combined air and water pressure will straighten out the tank. The) ed THOROBRED BREAKS MORE RECORDS ON CALIFORNIA COAST Down on the California coast, Ot Loesche, driver of the Lexington Special that won the Pike's Peak hill climb, is establishing records with & Thorobred sport model that have created a distinct stir among auto- mobile men and motorists in gen- eral. A short time ago Lorsche, tn the Thorobred, broke all records for the famous Sierra grade at San Jose, Cal., by 1 minute 4245 seconds. With the same car, and with no change in the carburetor adjustment, he went from five to 60 miles an hour in 22 1.5 seconds, a remark- able acceleration test, especially when it is taken into consideration that the gar carried three passen- gers. The Thorobred averaged 21 miles over all the way, even on second, but Loesche made it in high all the way. This hill is about seven-elghths of @ mile long. There ts no chance for @ running start as a street car track on the main road has to be crossed and a sharp left-hand turn made. For five-eighths of a mile the grade is 15 per cent; then a left-hand turn carries the car into a 32 per cent grade for the rest of the way. ‘With five passengers in the Thoro- bred, Loesche started over the Oak- land ave, hill at 18 miles an hour and finished at 30. The Oakland ave. hill is the pet high gear test with two passengers for automobile dealers on the coast. Loesche literally skimmed over it with five passengers, increasing to the gallon in these tests, official check of the records being kept by Mr. Page of the San Jose Mercury- Herald, ; Two days later at Onkland, Cal, Loesche, in the same Thorobred, car- |ried two passengers over the diffi- |cult Sunny Slope ave. hill, traveling all the way in high gear, a feat never before accomplished by a motor car, regardless of size or price. This hill ts used by dealers to demonstrate second gear work on cars they represent. Few make it AUTOMOBILE & e TRUCK OWNERS your car is about to be enforced:— “Seattle automobUists who on or after June 1st, have not displayed this year’s licenses, will be lgsble to arrest.” W. H. Sranino, Chief Seattle Police. (General Order ti Distributed by Prinetpal Washington Jobbing Houses. If you cannot find the “LEGAL” License Container in your locality, write the undersigned, giving the mame and address of your acces- sory dealer or garage. J. A. SNODDY, 621 West Galer Street, SEATTLE Automobiles nowadays are not built for speed. Service is what the manufacturer seeks to sell in his products, and service is what the automobile owner wants. Speed, above the normal rate, puts a strain on the car that low ers its efficiency and reduces its serviceability. ‘The car that is run in spurts of excessive speed spends about as much time in re pair as in service. To keep in service an even, reasonable rate of speed must be maintained. Time may be gained by “step. ping on her” on long, straight stretches, but the danger of being stopped by some accident is in creased so that the fellow going at an even rate of speed may get there first Norwegian experimenters are try- ing to drive automobiles with acety- lene gas. Thoroughness Characterizes our every transactio! and our cus- tomers are acc ery cour. teay consistent. with sound busls ness judgment, 4% Paid on Savings Accounts Accounts Subject to Check Are Cordially Invited methods in Peoples Savings Bank SECOND AVE, AND PIKE ST, ing vacationist wants to know. it to you free, Fill out the coupon below and for postage to the address given Washington Burean, The Sea I wish a free copy of the V Street and No..... City or Town. ........06 VACATION HINTS! Uncle Sam's Public Health Service has compfied a valuable bulle- tin on health hints for the vacationist. And the United States For est Service has put together some mighty fine suggestions for campers. Together these two pamphlets contain facts every intend. If you are thinking about a vacation this summer, you want this bulletin. The Washington bureau of The Seattle Star will furnish 1400 New York Ave., Washington, D. C. enclose six cents in stamps for postage speed rapidly, instead of losing it. In 40 years books published in the United States amounted to 278,596, lincluding 43,285 works of fiction. $1.00—CHOICK ROOMS—$1.00 Main 2769 New Do'ingt First and Spring. 200 Reoms—150 at $1.00 STRICTLY FIRST CLASS 3.3. Ryan R. P, Kelly send it with six cents in stamps in the coupon. ttle Star, ACATION HINTS bulletin, and we ( Puy ee At Your Ford Dealer or Stewart Products Service Station 910 East Pike Street ah, eam Phonograph needies which pro- duce clay. a clear tone are being made of EXCURSION Sunday on Steamer Si: ver tthe sa m. for Iohardson, Friday Harbor 4 East Sound thru San 0 Puget Sound Navigation Co. Big Percentage of Car’s Power Is Total Waste)»: Only about one-twelfth of the pow-| the ge automob’ er generated in chamber of the avel pe pushes the car ahead driving force wheels. reaches the The greatest loss is in the heat | dissipated in the cooling water, E gineers estimate this at 35 per cent. | Another 35 per cent goes off in di rect radiation and in the exhaust! gases, fler use up 2 per cent. tion, 6 per cent. Wind resistance per cent. Transmission, Tire resistance, 4 per it. Eight per cént of the original pow propels the er, therefore, actually machine. , | Nis | Stevens Road Opened jto Beyond Skykomish as two miles beyond Skykomish, eluding Grotto, Baring and river. road. from Mrs. C. H. Commercial club, at Skykomish. NEW YORK, June 18——When the the Johnson home Johnson glanced at her husband's watch to time the breakfast eggs. The result was a suit for separation, for in| husband's timepiece wag the picture | Mrs. Johnson told | Supreme Court Justice Mutlan her husband abused her and supplied his | stenographer with costly furs and| parlor clock ran down, in Mrs. Mary of a pretty girl. waists, combustion | The remainder is lowt before the actual} rear | The exhaust pipe and muf Motor fric 3 per cent | Contrary to reports that have been circulated, the Stevens Pass highway, or Scenic highway, is open | not only as far as Index, but as far | in. | Miller | Week-end motorists will be glad to! know that splendid camping places are available near the end of the | Information may be obtained Schoff, secretary. treasurer of the Skykomish Valley | | Did the Girl Cast the Fatal Pebble? | HYDEN, Ky., June 18. — Wilk daughter killed a fine |gray fox the other day. Knocked it out of a tree with a rock. |The New 1922 re) Here! Come in this week and see the new 1922 models on display at our showrooms— Harvard and E. Pike SAVE 29% 50% ON YOUR. GASOLINE The Stransky Vaporizer will ac- tually save this amount on your gas, and we will absolutely GUARANTEE It or Refund Your Money PRICE, INSTALLED, $4.00 INSTALLED AT THE BENTLEY STEEL WHEEL CO. 605 E. Pike St Or SEVENTH AVENUE GARAGE 1621 Seventh Ave. COUNTY AGENTS WANTED See the novel and educational display © of All the Parts of the New 1922 Buick laid out for your inspection. Our salesmen will be glad to explain in de- tail this exhibition. “The Home of the GMC Truck” Seattle Yakima Spokane Walla Walla “IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF” $1,175 DELIVERED TO YOU ANNOUNCING SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN PRICES OF GARDNER CARS A dependable product free from the cost of exper- iment—the one car for everybody Seattle 1024 East Pike St. Phone East 0100 A BETTER CAR AT A LOWER PRICE Shields-Livengood Motor Co. Distributors and Retailers ae hee Rea