The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 13, 1921, Page 8

PAGE 8 THE SEATTLE STAR SATURDAY, AUGUST. 13, 192% STAR AUTOMOTIVE SECTIO STANDARD . DEPENDABLE AUTO ACCESSORIES ask pa c. Pike He Picked dD. No. % up $60. Howard Darnell, RF. | Box 441, Seattle, picked Yeah, found iu Or, might as well | Darnell! bought his auto neces suries from advertisers in this seo tion and waa pald $50 for doing it, ‘That's all there was to It If you want to be shown, the | best thing to do ix to try the little game yourvelf. The money come every month, on the 15th, and the last time it makes its appearance, 10 days before Christmas, there'll be a brand new Ford touring car that'll climb inte somebody's pos: jon atwolutely free, Meanwhile, don't forget the | monthly money. Darnell wasn't the jonly winner this month Five other persons “picked up” coin, jas follows: James Morgan, 929 fet ave. BRA ave, $10. § Kato, RF. D. | 214, Seattle, $5. | Mra. George Anderson, 119 28th ave. Ny $5, Mrs. Ralph Loveland, You Com Ralléd It Yourself for $25 Lahmeyer, 7206 Greenwood No 1, Box 1% or Lake Electrical Come on, Everybody! |, Do the Same Thing! at least, be | Up $50; Thomas st, $5 They first clipped the coupon printed In this section, matied it to the Contest Manager, Seattle Star, | and got credit for 100 vo Then | they bought goods from advertisers on these pages and for every dol lar spent they recelved ceupons | good for 10 votes. They gol their | money for having the largest num | ber of votes this month. Go, thou, and do likewise. There’! be more awards September 1% And on December 15 the person with |the highest grand total of votes j will own the Ford, NO SPEED LIMIT IN ENGLAND, IS LATEST THING IN MOTORDOM LONDON, Aug. 13,—Country peo ple are awaiting with concern and motorists with joy the removal of the speed Umit tn England Weekends at present are terrors to the rural districta. Motorcycles, bicycles, runabouta, touring care and the whiasing Juggernauts of | chara-banca with their 20 or 49 pax |sengers tear up the narrow lanes of | the green English countryside, Nobody knows what's going to happen when, as planned during the next few weeks, the «peed limit in | withdrawn ahd police court charges eainet offending motorista become reckless” instead of merely “fast” driving. A pack re) the a portfolio, may be strapped to the fide of the car, Light cars can now be equipped with a detachable radiator. Storage Battery Guaranteed 18 Months Famed for Strength Tt Is a Hand-Made Battery Built to Give Bervice Drive in for Free Service & Machine Co. Aetometive Electricians. Gerfield 4303 Western Electric Company Distrivatere—Wrelesale Only epairing — — Painting —Radiators — Batteries Tops— Electricians —Tires : WICK W. SWARTZ Harvard and Pike. GASOLINE OILS 700 12th Ave., Cor, Cherry IDEAL REPAIR ~ CO., Inc. A. D. SCOTT, Mer. c GRINDING GEAR CUTTING The Strongest I ¥. Medui on ‘Tike se Phone bast 715. Prest-O-Lite Tanks Exchanged PHONES: Bast 724. Res. Millett a089-y. 1009-1011 E. PIKE ST. SHOCK PREVENTER Ee PREVENTS REBOUND Eliminates Side Sway eld by HOOD SHOCK PREVENTER AGENCY WINDSOR GARAGE 1413 OTH AVE. THE TRIANGLE ELECTRIC CO. Automotive ner ie a Jackson and R. R. Ave. MAIN 6204 ALWAYS OPEN and Retail. Night Work by ppointment. Woel’s Brake Service On Any Auto Kicetrie Sytem FUUST IN AMPTUICA. TRIANGLY ELECTRIC CO, d. ‘ bblee & Co. Every Time It Rains See Us Abost a New Top PICKARD & TRAILL Main 3401, FOR LESS SEARCHLIGHTS \HAND RORNS ELECTRIC HORNS SERVICE AND REPAIRS Stewart Products Service Station 910 Fant Pike St. TIRES ACCESSORIES VEEDOL OIL UNIVERSITY AUTO SUPPLY CO. 1308 E. 45th Kenwood 0100 Geodtich Tires Some rent barenins im used tires WESTLAKE _ TIRE SHOP LEAVE IT TO AUTO EXPERTS sk US viner. Romano Auto R KJ, NOMANO. 101 Nrendway N. Capitol 342. rs, Lampa, Ete. SEATTLE RADIATOR & FENDER WORKS AUTO PARTS Nickel Plated Reflectors SILVER PLATED Phone Main 4687 Seattle Mechanical and Electroplating Co. 1a & |Scootamobile Is Success Aluminum Motor Car Wins The Martin “Scootamobile” which with 5 cents’ worth of gasoline recently carried two persons from the factory at Springfield, Mass., over a route that would have cost the same persons 56 cents by trolley car. A novel experiment was made in| city, a distance of four miles, Springfield, Maas., a few days ago|returned with gasoline to spare. to whow the relative cost of passen-| ‘The trolley car fare from the Mar transportation by trolley and by | tin factory to the center of Spring ‘Boootamobile,” as the new 501d. | feld is 14 cente, ~; aluminum motor car, designed by C.| Therefore, two passengere to H. Martin of the Martin Rocking Springfield and return would have Fifth Wheel company of Springfield, |had to pay out fifty.eia cents in car Mass, is called. The result showed | fares. that |t cost at least five times as| With the “Scootamobila" the cost much by trolley as by motor car. | for two passengers was five cents The “Soootamobile” is now under- | for gasoline and it is safe to estimate going severe endurance testa to find| not more than an additional five and correct the minor faults that a) | cents for the tire wear and upkeep ways exist In any new design, and| “Performances lke this would the teeters tried a little stunt on seem to point to the doom of the | thetr own account. jutrest railway—for while the poll Having drawn off af the gasoline | ticlans can find means to keep the \from the tank, they purchased for | public jitney from competing, they five cents, a pint and @ half of gaso-| would have hard work stopping the line apd with thin made @ trip from) competition of the ‘Scootamobile,’ nd j he factory into the heart of ee DAVIS CAR CO, WILL RESUME | ati ‘To Manufacture Cars Here With Improved Devices Equipped with necessary capital, obtained by J. M. Finley on his re cent trip Bast, the Davis Car Co., ef which Finley is president, will re sume opergtions here at 1744 14th jave. 8. not\Jater than Sept. 1. | The concern will manufacture cars with a new form of transmission and a new drive, simplifying to the last | degree the driving of an automobile. A weekly output of three to alx trucks is to come from the plant at | first, but will be increased in accord. ance with the demand. Thirty to 60} men will be employed at the begin- ning. The company has been working om the new devices for the last seven years, of capital. The patents were per fected in January when Finley, head of the Finley advertising agency here( took over the presidency of the concern. Me went to the New York auto mobile show and Interested H. T. Hanover, president of the Apex Mo or Corporation of Ypsilanti, Mich., in his patents, Hanover was so im pressed that he became vice presi dent of the company and agreed to see that it is financed. Finley explains that the new de vicea make it possible to run a car forward by stepping on one lever and to run it backward by stepping on another, The reserve lever can also be used ag a brake without danger of injury to the car. 4. ighTine--Goed .| Heaten-Renton Junction—New epen via | detour Keaton-Maple Valley— Fair; roadbed pot firm, Hey -B Diaman: alley—New road open from Kent east; fair shape, pa | Issaquah. Fan City "Narth_ Bend-~Goe Imanuah-Redmond—Via Bake Sammazme ish—Redmond te Inglewood rough balance good, Stevens - tood condition, Open | Skykomsah, 4. or Closed tm Men- | Newport-Retlerwe-<iocd ny aat® Vranklin--New concrete read miles from Wnumelaw, Geod gravel hagond. Parking 18 probit roan river gorae ml two miles be |. gravel beyond; « | Sunset Highway Snoq vain | Road in King county in exe New conorete pavement 6% miles Renton to Coalfield epen. Gravel jon closed for paving. Detour via end of pavement or five miles, thence perth to Isa auah Nachos Passe. Highway) to Rat fair (Formerly MeCettian es BXeellent condition. ¢ or nalional park. Vast 10 miles | umclaw-Green Water All roada around Enumelaw exc Slavens Vase Highwa: ty above Index falr ue to lone gravel, road ix rough in places, but is Passable to Point six miles beyoud Sky komixh Bisek Dinmond-Prankiin— Good river) eNent ortion in King ie, Lake. Forvet-North Tromk Connection. One mile pavement excellent, Gravel beyond fair LL PAVED ROADS IN GooD CONDITIO: Richmond Beach Rosd—New pavement o Fnamelaw — (Mast fide) — Con avement open for trqvel. Gpn tinuqus conerete read from Renton to * Enum » via Kent and Auburn. Vashon ndNew pavement open. For further information call Main $906, loval 34 but has been halted for lack | say its manufacturers. LOCAL CLIMATE NATION'S BEST A. S. Eldridge Explosively Tells Joy on Return A. 8S. Eldridge, head of the Eid |ridge Buick Motor Car Co. here, mopped hin brow as he arrived home jrecently after a two week's trip to the Bulck factory in Flint, Mich. and uttered one explosive sentence. “Beattle has the most wonderful climate In America.” Theh he rested. A few minutes |later he explained that during his lentire stay in Michigan and for a month previous the temperature [ranged from 90 to 100 degrees, “I tell you,” he added, “there's no climate in these United States that can compare with Seattle's.” Eldridge stated he found business improving everywhere and declared: “It will continue to improve if busl- ness men keep up their determina- tion to adjust prices to the right level and if wage earners show more willingness to accept a lower wage soale.” He spoke of the outlook for crops. “Some sections of the East,” he said. “have unusually good crops, while others have unusually poor ones. Generally speaking, however, the crops will be fair. “But my observation while pessing yield from the soil than the average astern state.” Speaking of bis Buick interests, Eldridge declared his enthusiasm for the new line now being offered and promised the addition of another new model which will make the of- fering include everything from a small medium-priced car to a+richly finished seven-Paswenger sedan. Nash Distributors Get New Buildings Twenty-five of the Nash Motor company's distributors within the past few years have erected new, modern and thoroughly equipped service plants, according to a recent announcement Almost an equal number of asso- ciate distributors have established new homes, while several hundred |dealers representing the Nash line in smaller communities thruout the country having outgrown older quarters, have erected new bulld- ings, the statement enys, “This, to me, is the saundest kind of evidence that a good product | backed by good service will find an __| ever-increasing market, a fact which japplies with equal force to almost |any commodity that may be offered | the public,” is the comment of C. B. | Voorhis, vice-president and general manager, of ‘he company. |Kiwanians Urged to Vacation August 19 Toca! Kiwanians are urging their members to take a vacation trip to Lake Crescent August 19 when the lake Crescent and Port Angeles 4 | Kiwanis club will recelve its charter The bout leaves Colman, dock | Thursday midnight, August 18, for | Port Angeles, arriving at 7:20 a. m. riday, according to the announce ment. Another boat wil) leave Col man dock at § a. m, Friday, connect- jing with train at Port Townsend, |reaching Port Angeles at 1:30 p, m. Transportation to the lake and back |will be arranged by the Port Ange club, Announcemént ts also made that the next club meeting here will be Aurust 18, Instead of 17, in order to hear O, Sam Cummings, past in. ternational secretary and now chair. man of the international committee on education, vented an auto top to suit four de- signs of cars. One out of every three families in the United States owns an automo, bile, anil A Yonkers, N. Y., man, has in- | thru Eastern Washington convinces | most votes me that this state will have a better | car will be IN MONTHLY All’ you have to do to win these prizes is to save the vote-coupons advertisers on these two pages give you with all cash urcbases or more as follows: ’ ‘ ™ 2.00 cash purchase. 3.00 cash purchase. 4.00 cash purchase. 5.00 cash purchase. 10.00 cash purchase. ‘And So on If at the close of the first big contest, December 15, 1 to your credit, the grand prise of a brand wet) Pend seorin yours, $100 Cash Prize WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS; you have the most of $50.00 in cash: if second prize of §: have been awarded. First of af, elip the coupon below and mail CO Manager, care The Seattle Star, which will give pet byt ed pr read allwef the advertisements on these two pages and see foyer ss there ian’ something you need. Then go to your friends who own automobiles have them do all of their buying through these advertisements and : thelr votes. You will be surprised how quickly you will have several #and voles to your credit and be among the leaders. This is an opportunity you cannot afford to Scan mail the coupon today and get in on the ground f% as If at the close of the monthly contest, July 15, to your credit, you will receive the first prise have the second most votes, you will receive the cash, and 80 op until the $100.00 In cash prizes ———100 FREE VOTES-——— This coupon is good for 100 vot and $100 in cash prizes. es toward winning the ord car Contest Manager, The Seattle Star— Dear Sir: Please place those vot contest. Votes to my credit in Star auto ~ \ MY NAMES. 0. 0000 00 ay Deeees ees ¥ Z ADDRESS... Noties; Contestants are allowed only o: valid if you have already received 100 ¢ free ‘free, coupon and will not .