The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 25, 1921, Page 8

STAR AU Alrplane and Auto Combined An Argentinian has invented an Mirplane designed to rise directly from the ground or to run along a Poad like an automobile ‘New English Solid Tire A Rew automobile tire of English ts made of solid rubber ‘with large, deep chambers cut into M from the side, which i fitted Automatic Windshield Cleancr ‘Operated by a vacuum motor con. | tomobile’s intake windshield cleaner ta Kept constantly im motion as long as @ valve on the motor is kept open. Coat Tails Make Overalts ‘The tall of a duster coat designed for automobiles can be wrappe ree eaipana ehehi neue / THE SEATTLE STAR TOMOTIV BANIS LIFTED |SEATTLE HOME OF AGAINST DOGS tround a wearer's Jexs and buttoned |But Cats Are Taboo From to form loose trousers, Alr Gauge on Valve Stem ‘To lessen the labor of testing the alr pressure In an automobile tira a new gauge forms part of the valve stem and & covered with a heavy glass dust cap that ls tran te me nh Auto Tire & Rubber Co. DARE E. MARRIOT, Pres. Phone East 2229 Boylston at East Pine MILLER, UNITED STATES and GOODRICH TIRES and TUBES COMPLETE LINE OF Motor Car Supplies HW TITAN STORAGE BATTENY 18 THE RIGHT BATTERY FOR YOUR CAR AND THIS TITAN SERVICH STATION PLACE TO GET THE RIGHT BATTE Lake Electrical & 1255 Westlake Na ine Co, Garfield i502, Yosemite Park LOS ANGELES, June 25,—Federal authorities in charge of Yosemite National park have lifted the ban against admission of doga, reports the California Automobile club of Southern California, But cats must stil stay out? Onty residents within the national pre serve may keep cats “to rid them of rodents,” say the authorities, The Yosemite is the first of the national parka of the Weat into | which dogs may be brought, Off POPULAR ACCESSORIES PLEX VISION SHLELD: LEX TONNEAU WIN IMPLEX REAR VIEW RORS HAMILTON VISION SHIKLDS COLE VISIBLE GAS GAUGE COLE COWL RELITD ‘Simplex Auto Equipment Co. WwW. V. CARER, Mgn Phone East 4483 1520 Tenth Ave., Seattle STEAM CARBURETOR (QN THE STREETS New Device to Prevent Carbonizing and to Increase Power of Fuel ‘That Tive steam ts = positive ald to an internal combustion motor has been recognized as a fact for many years by automotive engineers but they have been at variance as to the best means of applying it. A number of ways have been tried and one by one they have apparent ly failed in some particular. Now comes the Acme Steam Car. buretor, an auxiliary of the regula on gasoline carburetor, invented and made by Seattle people, whose present users are acclaiming it as @ marvel of efficiency and power pro- duction. Prevents Excesstve Tica According to a number ef eminent cinls of other parks may follow suit The new ruling ita motor. feta to take dogs with them, but they must leave their pets in the automo- Phone Kiliott 2441 UNION AT NINTH tepairing — Painting —Radiators— Batteries o8Es 2. etn E. PIKE ST. SHOCK PREVENTER —atiae,, PREVENT REBOUND Kliminate Side Sway Sola by BIDDISON COMPANY Agency for State of Washington. S10 Pike st. Phone Main 215) ‘THE TRIANGLE ELECTRIC CO. Automotive Electricians Stromberg Carburetor 900 © Pine St. Phone Last 0583. GooD FoR $1.00 IN LABOR On Any Auto Electric Sytem TRIANGLE ELECTRIC Co. Ford Motor Co. Dufld the best car made fer the money, Let as Kkeep your ear as geod as they made it. “We Know How” W. A. WALLACE & CO Elliott 1337 Pine, Between 8th and 9th WICK W. SWARTZ Ha@vard and Pike. East 68. CRANRBHAPT GRINDING GEAR CUTTING Light Weight Pistons John F. Meduna, Mgr. G12 E. Pike St. Phone Kast 715. ° Goodyear and Goodrich Tires Accense! and Suppl Jackson and MAIN RRAve. 0934 ALWAYS OPEN A BODY AS STRONG AS THE CHASSIS We build aute bedies to order and build them faction. Peerless Auto Body Co. 213 Westinke N. Phone Ell. 0086 VanLWIK & BARCLAY to | economize thety tires are SRRVICK J. A. Robbles & Co. Distribaters for Washington Bast 1417 Phone 1431-33 BROADWAY See Us About a New Top PICKARD & TRAILL HAND HORNS ELECTRIC HORNS SERVICE AND REPAIRS Stewart Products Service Station * 910 East Pike St. ACCESSORIES SUMMER TOURING NEEDS Vulcanizing UNIVERSITY AUTO SUPPLY CO. 1308 East 45th, Kenwood 0100 Brakes Exclusively. eee holesale and Retail x 7 t Work by Roel’s Brake Service FIRST IN AMDRICA, Phene Hast 47%. 1008-1608 Kel: ym Av, near Pine LEAVE IT TO AUTO EXPERTS Dea't tinker or expertment with Ci justed meek: SEE US FIRST. Romano Auto Repair Co. m. J. ROMANO, 101 Hreadway N. Capitel 342, Radiators, Fenders, Lamps, Ete. SEATTLE RADIATOR & FENDER WORKS ADOLPH ROUM, Prop. 1527 Harvard Ave. Kant 8046. AUTO PARTS Nickel Plated Reflectors SILVER PLATED Phone Main 4687 Seattle Mechanical and Electroplating Co. 1311 Fitth Ave, We Maintain High Standard “ASK THE MAD WHO TRIED Onn” lodern Tire Builders Bast 2513 TI¢ H Pike st. engineers, steam applied with the air and gas mixture into a gasoline motor, has several good effects, For one thing, it aids tn maintaining @ proper engine heat level and in pre venting excensive heat, It help lubrication and thus cute down on the loss of oll It tncreaves the power of the fuel as it has been demonstrated beyond doubt that moisture in the mixture adds to ius potency, Probably the biggest thing ft does for the engine is to eliminate car bon. This substance ts more harm- ful when it burns into a hard cake that retains heat and nullifies the action of the water cooling system in larg® measure, It also does dam- &f0 by breaking off in amall parts cles and lodging under valves and making them ineffective, The action of the steam intro. duced by the Acme device ts posi tive, and based on chemical princt- |plen, the same action taking place |under the conditions set up by the |tntroduction of steam as in the case of the burning of carbon with oxy. gen gna, Can Be Controfied ‘The Acme Steam Carburetor ts ap- plied to the intake manifold of al! cars, A copper tube’ draws the steam and yapor from the radiator and injects ft under suction preswure to the cylinders. The whole action can be controlled of stopped by means of @ dash control It was first put on the market tn & commercial way here about etx | | weeks ago, after it bad been put) {through severe tests for seven| | months. During the first five weeks | of its introduction to the general public, orders were placed for more | than 3,000 of them A factory in| now being prepared for the manu: | |fucture of the carburetor by the | Acme Steam Carburetor Company. | The sale of the entire output in| handled through the Acme Steam | Carburetor Distributing Company, | §23 Seaboard building. Rubber Fools Trade Experts BY DAVID GIBSON AKTION, Ohio, June 25-—The real cause of the dump tn the rubber tn- @ustry was @ miscalculation by cer. jtain manufacturers in figuring that an automobile wears out six tires a year. The number is less than four a year, ‘The wpecific error was tn figuring the miléhge ofthe average tire— that it would run only 6,000 miles, when actual practice bas proved) 9.000 mflea, This 50 per cent error means that 50 per cent more source of supply of raw material has been developed | jthan ean be used. The same with) |purchases of raw material, and de | Yelopment of manufacturing and dis. tributing facilities, Also $0 per cent |more tires were produced than could [be used In @ reasonable time, Insiders eny that the tire industry will come back, » Tt expects to restore fteelf and en- Joy greater promperity than ever—by getting some of the money now go- | |ing into steel rails, trolley wires and power houses, They say it conts $100,000 a mile to lay completely a mile of street car) track and that this sum would buy & lot of tires. A six-wheeled bon, weating 45 peo- Dla, is undergoing every tmaginable | test on Akron streets, It was de-/ wigned and built by one of the big tire companies. Wl this bus prove a formidable | competitor of street cars? The tire company thinks #a, MADISON, Wis, June 25.—The Wisconsin prohibition authorities | have found a use for seized liquor. | |B. C. Parkinson, state prohibition | jcommissioner, says hell turn it lover to the state authorities #0 they |may use it as a non-freezing com. | | pound in radiators of state automo- | bilea, A notch in the steering Wheel will help a driver back into a tight place | | without doing damage. With the |front wheels directed straight ahead the notch is eut in the steering wheel directly in front of the driver. It will tell the motorist just how his car is backing. Unique Tractor Plow ‘The shares of a Quebec inventor's tractor plow move transversely on endless belts as the machine 1s mov- ed over the ground, which thereby is tilled in two direction at once, Machine Picks Up Nuts An inventor has patented a motor. driven machine to pick nuts from the ground and convey them Into a Container, saving much hand labor. | AUTOS INCREASE More License Fates Count- ed by Motor Man “That greater dependence ts being placed upon the automoblie during this year of 1921 ts clearly indicated by tho Increasing number of ‘new 1921 automobile tic on our streets and W. La Kissel, urer of the Kiase pany. “Reports now coming tn from dealers tn all parts of the country | clearly indicate an increased buying. which may, if kept up, absorb all the new passenger cars in the| bands of distributors, “Without @ doubt, the year 1971, with {ts Increased remponatbilities for Amerioa’a business men, will see | & greater and wider use of the pa» | senger car for strictly business pur. | poses, because the average owner) has come to appreciate the ability | of the automobtie to enable him ex-| pend greater efforts without a cor | responding increase fn physical or| mental effort.” Care Will Reduce _Charges for Tires Tires have improved #o much in quality in reagnt years that even when abused a good tire gives such a good mileage that the motorist is usually # fied that he got his money’s worth, But motorists eontinne to show disregard for a few simple rules, and thelr carelessness greatly in creases thelr tire bills, The three ways in which this carvlesmoens manifests Itself chiefly gre under. | inflation, seraping along curb stones and bumping tnto curbs and obstructions, sccording to the ob| servations of the service depart-| ment of the United States Tire com- pany. Improper inflation costs more! than all other faults put together, it in pointed out. Tires should be pumped to the eame figure in eum mer as in winter, The expansion | of the air in the tires in hot weath: | er is no infinitesimal that it stould | be entirely disregurded, and the tire | pumped up to the prescribed figure. For motor truck owners a crane on casters has been invented for re moving and feplacing the wheels of heavy vehicles. When worn or brok- en gears have to be replaced be sure that all replace- ments are genuine, not imitation parts. It is the only way to be sure of hav- ing quiet, smooth- running gears that will wear. We can supply your dealer, repair or garage man, “The Aristocrat of Motorcycles” EXCELSIOR “Always Makes Good” Complete stock of bar- gains in used motorcy- cles. 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Sixth Prine, sce---gnne easnuheeedsoul Care of Cocling System If f has mot yet been done, the coc! flushed with clean water, Put @, solu tion of baking sodk and water in the radiator and run the engine for 20 minutes ‘Then drain the radiator again. This will remove a} scales that may have formed from the anti-freeze mixture, . Removing Spark Ping e ‘When the spark plug gets rusty and won't come off, build @ shallow dam of pitty around the top and fill it with kerosene: Let the kerosene soak in for 12 hours, This will loosen the rust and the plug can be unscrewed. - A Radiator Filler Fit @ faucet to the bottom of « pall and use this device to fill the radiator. It can rest on the food while the'radi- ator ig beng filled. This elfminates considerable bother and work in filling the radiator. To Step Brake Squeai’ To ellminate squeaks in the brake system, remove the wheel an@ band and cut out a short bit of lining be tween the rivets under the anchor. The Mining will hold just as firmly as be- fore. When Water Jacket Cracks A mechanically inclined motorist can @o hip own mending on a cracked water jacket by this metho@: Drill a fmall hole at each end of the crack and tap it for @ small copper plug. Scrape the surface near the crack un- til the metal is bright. Cover the crack with soft copper filings and melt them in with a blow torch, Use a flux of rosin dissolved in alcohol, Ford Trouble Corrected Trouble is often experienced with overlubrication of the front cylinder of the Ford car, the oll forcing its way past the piston rings and causing ex cessive carbon. This is caused by the connecting rod of the front cylinder dipping too deeply into the oi, To cure this, level up the crankease by raising and blocking up the front end Used Motor Trucks. Cause of Galloping Moter ownkre of cars with amall-bor caused when the spark plug g&,. set too close. It can be cured b creasing the gaps and cleaning plugs. } . Oly Spark Plugs If the spark plugs ere constant s@aked, this indicates leaky rings. Or it may be caused b pistons pumping of, In cay vacuum produced when thé” eng throttled down, draws up ofl frot crankcase past the piston rings. @ sign of a@ overdose of oil t crankcase, } One Gause of Notse ‘The noise in the motor can reduced considerably by adjusting screws in the valve These points are subjected to co able wear and often wear down an extent that the valve tim: fected, ; GOOD BUYS 1920 Ford, cab and body ..c.m«;. $450.00 Dodge, panel body olale nteptenia.s $750.00 d MACK-INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCK CORPORATION / 4 Ask for Mr. Rossbach. —_ Elliott 110) 1000 Pike. 73) = oe $1,200.00 IN CASH PRIZE \