The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 30, 1921, Page 7

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SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1921. THE SHA DUTOMOTY SECTION TTLE STAR my IS SEL Ree Febrrer ——— SR Prices Reduced August Ist, Harley-Davidson 1922 rock bottom motorcycle and sidecar prices become effective. No half way reductions have been made, but sub- stantial cuts to the very lowest prices possible. Only the prices of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and sidecars have been reduced. The characteristic high quality which has distinguished Harley-David- son as the “World's Best” remains unchanged. At these low prices, unequalled motorcycle and sidecar values are offered and Harley-Davidson leadership is more emphatically apparent than ever. Ola New Reduc Prices tions 74 cu. in. electric twin $520 $390 $130 74 cu. in. magneto twin 485 360 125 61 cu. in. electric twin 485 365 120 61 cu. in. magneto twin 450 335 «115 Sport electric twin 445 340 105 Sport magneto twin 415 310 105 Tourist sidecar 145105 40 Roadster sidecar 160 115 45 Two-passenger sidecar 185 135 50 Above prices f. 0. b. Milwaukee plus federal tas Our 1922 demonstrator in the beautiful new brew- ster green finish is awaiting your inspection. Come in today! HIRSCH CYCLE CO. Corner Pike St. and Minor Ave. ANNUAL PICNIC of Carnation Milk Produtts Co. office force is be- ing held Saturday at Carnation stock Bolat's Hreaa 1s ood! | | Marry B. Johnston arrived in RITZVILLE — Authorities search-| Seattle four years ago and got » ing for Thomas Moran, who eacaped| job in the shipyards, by cutting bars in county jail Wed. Today he is he: the John- ‘nesday. He is charged with assault. ston Piston and ear i Wef~ay 3¢ Jon Model 15 is a % ton Garford, built to the demand of thou- tands of Garford customers for a high-speed, high-quality delivery truck. It is “all-truck” in every respect. A Garford through and through. Motor, transmission, rear axle—every unit is strictly up to the higher standards of excellence, so well @tablished by Garford in its heavier models. All we ask is that you see this Garford and judge its better value for yourself. Its superiority, we believe, is so evi- dent to every business man who sees it that you actually €annot afford to overlook this truck. From what we already know, we are firmly convinced that You will see in this truck the best purchase for today’s dollar in the field of quick, dependable delivery. All equipped sith nd Lightings a “34 a8 ‘Cord Twes All F.O. B. Lima THE GARFORD MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY, LIMA, OHIO Garford Motor Truck Co., Inc. 1701-1711 Broadway. Phone East 0170. Harry B. 7 Representative J. Howard Johnston Ing concern, which believes it has a mission, and is rapidly con- vinecing others that its belief is well founded, It all happened as a result of his observe Jon, | SAW NEIGHBOR AND PROFITED He saw a neighbor changing a set to another to no advantage, He the cause of failure. Then he in vented an improved check valve pis ton, proprietor, approved the idea, and rings and pistons, He and his friend installed them in an old Chalmers car that was about to be junked, and together they pulled out of a deep hollow, over a steep hill, at 25 miles an hour Why Johnston happened to land here, nearly broke, out of Salt Lake City, isn’t written into the records But the shipyards were booming | when he arrived, and he “hooked on” | with the others. “There,” he says, “I broke about things that weren't always in the Line of duty, “What I already knew about me chanics was supplemented by what I could see going on. “And when it was all over I set up a little repair shop at 1214 E | Madison st. “It was while there that I saw my | neighbor repair man doing bis futile lswap of pistons from car to car. | And when we talked it over the Johnston check vaive piston was | created.” Johnston applied for his first pat }ent two years ago. Immediately lafterwards he started a stock com |pany among his friends, selling | stock at $l a share. | SOLD STOCK | WITH EASE | He financed his company easily, . because a demonstration accompanied every attempt to sell Six months ago, when the stock | selling at $50 a share. The pistons and rings are now be ing made for every make of car and hundreds have already been in stalled. | According to the company’s stat |ment tests have shown that @ car equipped with them can make 1,504 miles on one quart of lubricating oil with no apparent dilution by gaso line, and will cut the operating cost of any car practically 50 per cent. Hills are climbed in high, it is said, which could not previously be n intermediate gear and the y of operation, according to sters, is remarkable, oe Seminial Shattuck Is Seriously Hurt BREMERTON, State Shattuck severe injuries Friday when loose timber and earth fell upon him, while excavating for a cellar under his home at Port Or chard. Roth legs were crushed and it is believed he has suffered in- ternal injuries, July 30 | received of piston rings from one automobile watched the process and discovered ‘The neighbor, a fellow repair shop Jobnaton fashioned his first set of even, except that I learned a lot of | was taken off the market it was IFAIRS VALUABLE RAPS NEW TAX | | Becoming Vital to Whole | Blocks Wheels of Progress, Industry Is Official’s Claim Automobile manufacturers are| Jacques FE. Blevins, president of unanimous in their agreement that | the Southern Motor Manufacturing the state and county fairs which are| Association, Ltd., of Houston, Tex., section of | manufacturers of Ranger passenger now being id in “every the United States, are of specific | cars, trucks, value to the automobile industry, es | ys it is a very unfortunate thing pecially from the viewpoint of the al automoblie deale the so-called “truck bill,” ¢ 4 county | @ law at @ recent eted in of the | Te than | ceived ag a means of taxing them off nas prow | the highways nded into a really) ‘Hieving ia a representa | Trailer Manufac ite institution since the so-called first mechanically success ful automobile, driven by Elwood Haynes, chugged its country road in 1893 |, Having their inception, for the | most part, in a week of fun-and mer: | |rymaking, the state and county fairs gradually developed into the prod or coun ined to the | of the motor vehic © | mittee to deal witn motor vehicle and good roads legislation eady the motor truck has em way along or in trangportation, alike to the producer, merchant and consumer, To raise bars against it is a block to the wheels of progress,” he declares, an the particu ty are exhibited a thousands of visitors, - | With the advent of the automo. | bile, a new attraction was added, | and today finds the automobile ex-| Lowent price, 20¢ hibition one of the strongest and| Lunch with me—Quick |most interesting of the features of | wholesome food every fair Coffee down again. Highest prices, 40¢ and 38¢. 4 Mgt amount of Service delivercd for every dollar invested (mot the purchase price) should determine your choice of a motor truck. Evoeer }OMPANY “The Home of the GMC Truck” SPOKANE YAKIMA trailers and tractors, | that the tax on motor trucks under ve of the ished itself as an indispensable | of value} service, | M. A. Hansen, 49 Economy Mar-| Forest Fire Caused ar aney HALIFAX who were brought to New Haven July 39. Refugees | been seen since. search. and Neils Harbor by boat from the forest fire region on the Northeast | era Cape Breton coast, Friday, state that the fires were started by pros | tors who lighted smudges to keep ay mosquitoes, The fires have ved out two villages. | Install Your GREATLY IMPROVED KANT SKORE PISTONS F: GUARANTS ED rumrP OW Half the Rap gad LUMENS ART SHAFTS AND WRIST PINS FLY WHEEL RING GEARS ness Phone Fast 1176 Selman Dock, 705; EAST PIKE ST. or Paget Seund Wi ACME STEAM CARBURETOR and Be Happy ITS COST 823 Seaboard Bidg. «1 WINDSOR GARAGE 1415 Sixth Ave. | Daily trips except Monda: gn Steamer Sioux Wash. Mach. & Supply Co. ME scrmaticn wikdeet at Information Window, tele- phone for one to M. 3993, DOM UP TO PAR IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CAR i Made His E yesight S erve | | Harley-Davidson | H.B. Johnston Showed How, ‘2 AUTO TRADE LAW IN TEXAS -Charles Irvin, of Wit bur, started for Spokane with money by Lighted Smudges)1o ‘uy putiaing material Hasn) Police asked ts See the SAN JUAN ISLANDS 5 x | | * a TO PROVE That Johnston Pistons do all that is said about them, a few sets for Fords will be sold at— $25 Per Set Installed at $45 Per Set Do Not Delay As these pistons will cut the cost of operation at least 50%. | a a | | | | | % * x = x Gs x a x a x 4 | | x Manufacturer 1214-16-18-20 East Madison St. Phone East 0205 a x I a salalenlalenlaleaienlainaileeneinlaniinie ‘ JOHNSTON PISTONS Whole Piston The Price Is Practically Cost As the finest steel and pure gray iron are amal- gamated in this piston to produce the best re- sults obtainable, it is accurately ground and finished. Piston Cut in Half Johnston Piston & Ring Co.. Johnston Piston & Ring Co. Agency 514 East Pike St. Phone East 0535 A A A AAA ee ee ee ee ee j

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