The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 10, 1921, Page 7

THE SEATTLE STAR TOMOTY SECTION Railroad Day Gone; |Goes 42 Miles in Gasoline Reigning| pene Railroads have had their day, and Baseline has come into its own, ac eOrding to M. M. Stern, of San Fran cisco, who ts a Seattle visitor. Stern | is @ retired railw gasoline test from Carbondale | Honesdale, Pa., and return ve: | petitors was 24.3 miles. LAND has nearly twice a @3 many motor cars as were there in) a, im 4. | manufac tured. 1 Another Reduction Studebaker Light Sixes Touring from $1,575.00 to $1,390.00 Roadster from $1,540.00 to $1,365.00 Coupe from $1,950.00 to $1,795.00 Sedan from $2,275.00 to $2,125.00 F. 0. B. Seattle Since this little wonder car came on the market a year and a half ago its sales and production have Steadily increased and the Light Six has played a most prominent part in the extraordinary record Studebakers have made this year of producing and selling more cars than any other manufacturer (Ford excepted). This Is a Studebaker Year SANDS MOTORS CO. Kelly-Springfield Building Eleventh at Pine LITTLE GIANT STEAM CARBURETOR | “THE LITTLE GIANT WILL NOT REFUSE; ONCE INSTALLED, IT’S ALWAYS USED” SAVES GAS INCREASES POWER ELIMINATES CARBON PRICE INSTALLED $11.50 Guarantee Seld ca o Money Back * Installations Made at the Following Garages: Cline Motor Co. 1100 FE. 45th St.; Kenwood 0831 Bennett's Garage, 1517 10th Ave.; est 0212 Seuth End Garage, 115 Prefeataine Fince; Hillett 3570 National Engineering & Mfg. Co. BRANCH OFFICES Everett Representattves ‘Tacoma Hidg. Main «1 | Pred T. —— Biag. G18 Fidelity Widg. Main 3501 | B. & Din. 3432 Cony Tecoma | Biwe 1271 bonted Reliable Representatives Wanted |Blewaeb PRODUCT Now at Has Moved One-Gallon Race ty-two Overtand owners re cantly competed in a one gallon of The winner scored a uilleage of 42 IN 1899 37 passenger cars were 'TO PUT BRAKES | ON ALL WHEELS) miles and the average of all com ‘divi Will Practically Be | Eliminated | motive jear | Medium priced automobiles will soon be produced with four-wheel brakes. | ‘That ts the conclusion of auto engineers, based on the successful introduction of brakes on all wheels of a high class American and on several European | models. The brakes on the American car are worked by hydraulic power But the simple hand and foot | brakes of today may easily be ap plied to all four wheels, An 8 sharped arrangement under the chassis may be so connected with the pressure both forward and with the same motion. Application of four-wheel brakes wil decrease skidding, That has been proven with the sutomobiles that’ are equipped with bmkes on the frogt as well as rear wheels When the brakes are applied sud dently to the rear wheels of a fnat moving car, all the weight and mo mentum of the car are thrown for. ward, and the front wheels grip the pavement. If there is the clightest turn of the steering wheol at that time, the rear wheel# will skid dangerously while the front back j wheels hold tight. |machine ts equally distributed Application of brakes on the front wheels at the same time ob viates this danger. As the brake pressure is divided evenly among all four wheels, the welght of the so that the possibility of skidding is diminished, THERE ARE po road rules nor | speed limits in Chile outside of the cities, ‘This form of valve lift allows the | Motorist free use of both his hands | in working on the valve, while the | spring is held up by the two jaws. | The upper jaw is so designed as to | afford easy removal of small parts on the valve stem, KANT SKORE PISTONS CORMAN TEED NOT TO Seize, star On PUMP Om, Half the weight of el piston. WE ALSO CARRY s. HAMMERED RINGS LUMEN BEARING BRONZE SHAFTS AND WRIST PINS FLY WHEEL RING GEARS jash. Mach. & Supply Co. Business Phone EK: Residence Phone ita 7054 EAST PIKE ST. | 1K SERVICE STATION “FIFTEEN-FIFTEEN BROADWAY” 1513-1515-1517 Broadway Between Pike and Pine We Are Now Equipped to Render the Last Word in SERVICE Stewart — Warner — Van Sicklen brake levers as to apply tho| * % % Aw, look at the automobile once in} | a while! | Harry D. Austin dosen't mind your overlooking his picture, but what he's trying to show up Is the new Oakland sport model. He says it's grace and beauty de | Every engine knock is = warning of trouble. | eee Don't use the choke except when necessary. Liberia had eight automobiles last year, an avernge of one to every 250,- 000 persona eee Turning the steering mechanism while the car is standing is a strain on tires. eee Seventeen per cent of the automo | biles manufactured last year were | closed cars. West Virginia showed a gain of 1 per cent in the registration of av tomobiles last year. cee ‘The automobile was used for ce | phant hunting in India as early as 1896. eee Ustng cheesecloth to clean the dust from an auto ruins the lustre of the paint. Harry Austin Shows Miss Irene ‘Arnold jwerved the accompanying bathing | | wirt's presence. | Down at the Northwest Oakland's place of business, Austin announces that he has lots of ‘em (automobiles, of course), He convinced Miss Irene Arnold When you lay your car up it ts best to have @ dust cover over all of it. A slow leak is sometimes merely pos the plunger and can be easily stopped. Grinding noises tn gearset and dif- ferential can be reduced by using heavier grease. New York, in 1899, allowed aute- mobiles to travel not more than four miles an hour while turning at street intersections, Says City Is Losing $25,000 Needlessly Lack of sufficient employes in the city Meense department is causing a loss of approximately $26,000 annual. ly, according to the statement made Friday by Councilman Robert B. Heaketh at a meeting of the council finance committee. “Seeing Ameri ca”? in a Buick That Has Traveled 350,000 Miles Would you start out touring Amer. fca In a car that had traveled 360,000 miles? That is what Robert Annand and Clark Merritt, of Duluth, Minn., did in thelr “prairie schooner” last No- vember, and not once in the ten months they have been “seeing America first” they have been in a place where they could not drive out of on their own power, They have been thru 21 states and Western On tario on their tour, The car is a Buick that first saw service in 1913 and then ran into more misfortune than falls to the lot of the ordinary car, It served first Duluth, Minn., and later it labored as a taxi for teveral years. |B a& seven-passenger touring car in| We now have them tn stock for the following automobiles: FORD BUICK DODGE BY OUT, THIS IS THE FAMOUS JOHNSTON PISTON AND RINGS “They Deliver the Goods” A true check valve pisten that ts lighter in weight, increases power, aad and friction, It facilitates cylinder lubrication and prevents overheating. CHANDLER Pope VELIE pote feng SMOBILE r we WILL nave PISTONS Ft “herd [> OAKLAND pas BOOTH SH. ie to OHIER MAKES | Caught in a disastrous fire, the | Buick was #0 badly damaged that it | was practically given up, After pur chase, however, by the Pioneer Au tomobile Co. Duluth, and converted into an ice boat, it made an enviable record as the “white streak.” | It wag finally rebuilt for a service truck, and after it had covered a dis j tance of 350,000 miles the chasuis | was purchased by Annand and Mer | rittt, who converted it into a motor ized “prairie schooner.” ‘The schoon er hag been the home of both men in their ten months’ tour of America It is now back in Duluth, from whence they expect to start soon for a visint to the states west of the | Rocky mountains, OF CARS JOHNSTON PISTON & RING AGENCY PHONE EAST 0535 WINNINGHAM &' PAYSSE 614 EAST PIKE STREET JOHNSTON PISTON & RING CO., Manufacturers, 1214 to 1220 East Madison Street New Oakland Sport Model on Exhibition RUBBER BATTERY A™zunces Cut fn, Announcement has been made by: the Hendee Manufacturing Co, of Springfield, Mass. makers of the | Indian Motocyle, of a reduction im price of thelr product aggregating 25 per cent and of the addition to | the line of motorcycles offered by them of two new models, Announcement of @ perfected all) AyeRICAN- MADE automobiles’ rubber storage battery, which does are exported to 61 different bea | away with the necrasity for separate | tries. |rubber jars, has recently been made . by Harper-Meggee, Inc, at #17 1. | Pike st, Seattle. | Because of this tmprovement over | the old wooden box. the name “Mono- | bloc” has been applied. The new cane ts dencribed as the object of inventorw efforts for years. Jt resints decny and corrosion and is | | not affected by acid or water. it cun stand an 18,000-volt elec trical test and has a tensile strength | of 3,600 pounds to the square ineb. | “It will be @ much-sought article,” | the Harper Meggee Co. declares, “as | the improvement over the old repre. | sents a long-de 'HAS BEEN MADE | Achievement Announced by | Harper-Maggee, Inc. TODAY’S THE AVERAGE wheel base of the average motor car is in excess of 100 inches. YOU’LL BE SURPRISED MOTOR TRACTORS | are euceas- fully supplanting horses in logging operations In Ironwood, Mich. CORD TIRE SALE UNQUESTIONABLY BEST BUY EVER OFFERED YOU MOST POPULAR STANDARD MAKE here shown, of the merits of the Oak- | \ land xport model with Uttle or no ef-| fort, he asserta, | And he adds he can do the eam | thing to anybédy who gives him half | a chance, Swedish Conference Commends Harding) Delegates attending the Pacifi Swedish conference here were eched- uled to take a trip over Seattle's boulevards Saturday. At Friday's meeting a resolution was adopted commending Vresident Harding for | his efforts to secure world peace. ‘To Enroll Pupils | in Sunday School | Registration of puptis in the Kikur | Cholim Sunday school for the com- ing year will be held Sunday, Sept 11, at 10 a.m. The school ts located at the Congregational church at 17th ave. and Yesler Way. Sues Railroad for $85,603 Damages Suit for_ $85,603.32 against the| | Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi-| gation Co. has been filed in federal | court by G, M. Hubbard, who seeks the amount of damages claimed for alleged breach of contract in a ralk road tet deal. 30x3% Non-Skid Cord $16.00 | $1'7.00 ‘$18.50 | $17.50 No Tax Added All Other Sizes Proportionately Priced These prices are lower than dealers’ cost on Fabric Tires. Subject to pricr sale—so come carly MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED, SUBJECT TO DELIVERY ¢.0. D. These Tires Will Make You a Regular Customer of My Shop HOWELL TATUM TIRE CO. 1117 EAST PIKE ST., NEAR TWELFTH AVE. PHONE EAST 1479 4 (4 pusiness Go-get-er The Ford Runatout—the Business Man's car, the Sales- man’s car, Pag ten Man's car; always ready, willing and anxious to do for men who work fast, fight hard, keep prompt — a regular business “go-get-er.” Like all Ford cars, the remarkable consistency of the Runabout, its great economy of and mainte- nance expense, and the important fact that it is handled and parked easily and quickly in tight places, explains its wonderful utility. The demand for Ford cars is as great now as ever before, so we ask that your order be placed at once to get reasonably prompt delivery, Satisfactory terms can be arranged. Authorized Seattle Ford Dealers CANAL MOTOR CO. HUGH BAIRD Fourth Ave. at James St. Llliott WM. L. HUGHSON CO. 500 Kast Pike St. Kast 404 WILSON & KREITLE, Inc. 4763 Ballard Ave. Sunset 4633 ALFRED G. AYERST, Inc. 1830 Breadway, Cor. Denny Way Hast 126 ‘Tenth Ave. and Beacon 5: Californin Ave. and Alaska St.