The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 17, 1921, Page 8

Goes not exist tn the) short Now, accorfing to Jacques president of Southern Mo and damaged crop, prices The banks were able to real- Houston, Texas, manufacturers | 2° © thelr loans and business in- ‘ passenger cars, Ranger | creased. Long due obligations were Ranger tractors and Ranger | liquidated, The South is now feeling | bullish on cotton and the feeling ta and financial men in the | justified. The crop ix short, It has h,” enid Mr. Mlevins, “are look.) been picked, ginned and sold, and to prosperity, While at| thia makes for higher prices. he Ing Of this year business! The present crop is one of the M6 South faced a most serious | cheapest that has been raised, The Because of low prices of cot-| South does not expect a return to soared, j and off, all that is now fecgutten | pre-war conditions, but in preparing Mm On loans and to carry 1920 we face of new prosperity. This iH conditions is reflected by for Ranger products. shown @ remarkable Of late weeks. not so long ago that there ity no demand for cot Danks were forced to shut to inaugurate a new standard of liv ing and is getting ready to take ad {vantage of the good times right at jhand. The outlook for 1922 is very | good and every one will start cau- tiously, The old time of aplurge ts past. Conditions satisfactory to every one will soon be with the Southern people. Southern Motors has gone thru the crisis with flying colors, sald Blevins, jand is just now atarting to benefit immeasurably from the renewed buy- ing thruout the entire land. along thru 1921 in the the debtors might be able te by fall. When the cotton prices came a de ‘was created and, facing « Motor in Comfort With Economy Ride in real comfort in an Over- land Four-Door Sedan. 25 miles and upwards to the gal- lon of gasoline and high mileage for oil and tires is common. Triplex Springs give easy-riding dentition unmatched by any car = within hundreds of dol- 695 Me. Sedan complete, f.0. b. Toledo Readhser « - 8393 Touring - - #395 Coupe - - $858 WILLYS-OVERLAND PACIFIC CO, East Pine St. and 12th Ava, Enst 0668 Quality Gifts Let your gifts bring good cheer and lasting memories. Christmas time, more than any other, you should consider the policy of the house from which you buy. The “WESTERN AUTO" will bear the strictest igation, and, even . we offer you the thirty-four stores. Our goods are the very beat that money ean buy, manufactured by the mont responsible makers and sold at the very lowest price. Give us the opportunity to make yourself and youg friends happy by selling you QUALITY GIFTS at a surprisingly low price =~ De Luxe RADIATOR CAPS A44 greatly to the® beanty of any car. M. radi~ ator easy to fill, ax they are ensy to screw off and on, Made of brass, heavily nickeled. Price $1.10, $1.40 and 92.25 Price, Nickel, $5.00 per pair Black and Nickel, $4.50 Pr, WESTERN AUTO ccna Ayre, ROW sTORE DOWNTOWN sTORE 13-818 Bast Pike 2041-45 Weatleke OUTH OPTIMISTIC _ Pessimism | } Louis Wasmer, manager of the Excelsior Motoreycle & Bicycle Co., with one of the new lightweight Clevelands just received, This cycle is the “Ford” of the motorcycle world, It will make 75 miles to a gallon of gas. The motor is strongly built and has a straight line worm drive. The machines are on display at the company display rooms at 301 ine st. KING COUNTY ROAD BULLETIN BY THOMAS & BERMAN King County Mngtocer WEEK ENDING DECKMNER 17, 1971) to washouts of the amaiier britees | ul | oo trips thru the of , GRAVEL ROADS Kent Dee Meine Good Dee Motnee-Tacome Hightian—Palr, Rentom-Maple Valley = Rough. Ne 4. Reoadbed sot firm © Magle Valley-Diach Diamond ood Keat-Biack Diameed — New pavement) open. Weedinville Duvall Good. Devall-Pali City—Goot Redmond Fail City Good Kelmeond Mellevue Gord, bat narrow. Connection from Pacifle Highway to) Merten } ~~ Bridge—New pavement open. | 7 Parking is prohibited on Frankiin brides Green river mores by order of county commission ore Anvarn-Mach Diamand—New conercte road two miles beyond Auburn Good Tavel beyond. Also via Boos creek. (formerty Open to roads are seilent, Mtevens Fase Highway—Open to Index oniy, Bact Diamond PrankiteAo-4 Acros Seequaimie iver Nene! Load limit five tone | oreet Park-Nerth Trunk Conner. | One mile pavement excellent Loose gravel beyond; rough. ALL PAYED cor open. Renton Kanmelaw (Pnet dey — € Vashow IntandNew pavement open. Por further information call Main 6900, local 34 Sorghum Used to Test Gas MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 17.— A new method of testing gasoline for the presence of water has been worked out with so much success by Hjalmar Nilsson, Minnesota etate | ol! inspector, that | many other states have adopted tt and several have sent their inspectors to study his sys- tem. The test tl re markable for its stmplicity. All the material re-! quired is a tong! stick and @ sup | ply of molasses. | The stick is| . dipped into the! NILSSON molasses to the depth of about 12 inches. It ts) then lowered to the bottom of the| gasoline tank. | Gasoline has no effect upon the} molasses, but if the stick is given | two or three twists after ft has | been immersed, the molasses dis: solves everywhere it is touched by water. The space on the end of the stick | where none of the sticky fluid re-! mains indicates the depth of the wa ter In the tank. After the amount of water in located, it ts pumped out with a minimum waste of gasoline Other methods, including the une of chemically treated paper, have proven much more expensive and jess accurate than the atick and molasses test, according to Nilsson “The presence of water In piso line does not necessarily mean that | your dealer is putting something over," Nilsson explains, “If you happen to pase an oll tank on a damp, cold day you will notice frost on the outside down to the level of | the oll inside { “This frost melts weather and runs to t warms} bottom of in the tank, The resulf is that gasoline supply ts greatly adulter. ated unless the tanks are cleaned out” ;™ the | SCHOOL BOY IS WINNER OF CAR Star Auto ontest Winner Is Announced Howard Darnell, 1¢-yearold school boy, RK. F. D. 7, Box 441, is winner rin The Star auto content wan, $29 Bist ave, stands sec end, according to the announcement made by the contest manager Satur day. ‘The contest opened atx months ago, and Howard Darnell “got busy.” He has been bully ever qince. Soon after the opening of the contest he took the lead, which he has maintained thruout the intervening month. Monthly prime yemners are an- nounced for the month ending De. cember 15, an follows: $25, James Morgan, 929 Sint ave: second prise, $5, A. R. McLean, Three Tree Point; third prize, $5, Dairy Products Co., $4 Stewart at. fourth prie, $5, Alva Benedict, R. F. D. &: fifth prime, $5. Mrs. George Anderson, TI4 17th ave; sixth prize, $5, Dr, W. N, Crawford, R. F. D, 7 In the contest er cash prizes were given monthly to persons receiving the largest number of votes. Votes were secured by the contestants thru their friends who purchaed from auto and acceanory firma adver. tising thru The Star. For every dol lar purchase 10 votes were allowed The vote received counted toward the [{ Monthly prizes, as well ax the grand prise of the Ford touring car won by Howard Darnell. GREAT BRITAIN has a regniar Passenger motor service from Lon- tiamgow and Edinburgh. Purchase Your Oil by the Mile — Not the Gallon maken no differenge much off you pour your crankease, the y oll which protects the no iw the thin film be tween moving metal parts. Only King Ot] will retain full lubricating efficiency under the heat of service. We solicit your inquiries and will be glad to submit @ line of samples. GARAGES HANDLING KING OIL, TERMINAL GARAGE Railroad Ave. and Jackson SOUTH END GARAGE Third Ave. and Yesler Way MUAY GARAGE eng Leary Ave. STANDARD GARAGE 2126 Third Ave. THE MIDWAY GARAGE Wis Sith Ave. R A 1751 W. Spokane St, STONE WAY SERVICE STATION 47th and Stone Way DEARBORN SERVICR STATION Fifth Dearborn AUTO SUPPLY & SERVICE co. 1628 Fifth Ave. ” AT Ave. & and SERVICE 10N N Wash. STATION Wash T Charleston, CORRIE GAS Silver Lake, BD WUNTR, BROADWAY TIRE sor King Oil Sales Co. Distrifutors 99 Marion Street jot the grand prize of a Ford touring | Jamen | | t | | First prize, | | Meet Howard Darnell, 16-' vear-old schoolboy, winner of the Ford touring car in The Star auto contest. Darnell | lives with his parents in the | Lake Burien district. His ad- | dress is R. F. D. 7, Box 441. He will receive auto Satur- i day, purchased y The Star thru the Central Agency, 907 | E. Pike st. [AUTO TALK] | OF THE total of 53,900 motor vehicles registered in the United Kingdom, 370,000 are motorcycles. . . COMPULSORY STATE automo bile insurance may be issued in Cali. | | fornia, | eee | IF KEROSENE ts used as anti #@, it should not be mixed with oe | CONNECTICUT REGISTERED | 102,830 passenger automobiles on | October 1. eee FOREIGN MATTER tn the foel | system may cause carburetion trou- | cee WORLD'S RECORD for an anto- mobile traveling one mile is 44 sec- jonds, | eee | GRASP WHEEL at the top and |whake sidewise to discover loose bearings. | eee | ENGINE MAY overheat tf spark is retarded and throttle is too wide | open. eee TEST PRESSURE of tho tire fre- quently. COLD WEATHER HINT LA | A simple preventive against cold | fingers during the approaching wins |try days has been put t6 good use |by many physicians. It ts merely j Attaching a strip of fur to each side | of the steering wheel. This, it has THEY USE TRUCK | TO SEE AMERICA |9,280 Miles Traveled With Same Air in Two Miles A few days ago there rotied into |New York a light motor truck equipped with every comfort and convenience for camping. In it were Mr, and Mra, Charles Ublyk of Low Angeles, Cal, who were just com pleting # pleasure jaunt that began at the California city on June 6. A third member of the party, and one | that seemed to get as much fun out of ‘the journey as anyone else, was a dog. ‘The trip the tourists took was un- doubtedly a record brenker as a camping journey. At tts conclusion 9.280 miles bad been clicked off gn| mpecdometer, After viniting all the places of interest in California, the party ewung into the Northwest and saw everything worth while in a wide radius extending as far north ax Vancouver, B.C. Turning east thru Spokane, the Yellowstone and Butte, the trail turned southward to Denver and Pike's Peak, Whenever an especially pleagant spot was found, with good fishing or other at | tractions, Mr, and Mrs. Uhlyk spent three or four days or a week, They wen never in a hurry, and simply | smuntered along looking for recrea tlon and sport. After passing St, Louis the tittle truck, with the name “Wanderlust” | neatly painted on each aide, went north and spent several weeks tour ing the shores of the lakes. When Albany was reached a side trip was made thru New England. When the car reached New York ro of the tires contained the same} alr with which they left California. | One of the others had to be repaired because of a puncture, and the nec ond sustained a stone bruise, ‘Th: tires were United Btates nobby cords Mr. and Mra, Uhiyk will remain in New York until March, when they | ‘will again board the Wanderlust and | start for home. They will go home| by the Southern route, going first to | Miami, Fla. and then on to New| Orleans and across Texas to El Paso. | “An & means of education T know nothing that compares with such a trip.” eaid Mr. Uhtyk. “We have| seep mort of the natural wonders of our country, have visited most of its important cities and have) traveled thounands of miles along dreary, waste places. But even the Aceolate epots came to have an in terest after a while, There wasn't & dull moment in the trip. We) jormed along just having a good time. | and finished the trip two weeks nooner than we expected.” | Ralph R. Wheaton, Dist. In conjunction with Universal Machine Werks w handle the largest and accurate cylinder grinder In the Northwest. lat * estimate your work Automobile or Marine. General Machine Work. East 1176 705% E. Pike JACK DESIGN | A bracket with an adjustable ‘foot for low net londs is the feature of thin new jack. form an extension to the height the jack, as shown at the right. The lever in so adjusted that a quarter turn permits the operator to raise or lower the jack, It can be nibusea, >, a YOU'LL BE. SURPRISED BUICK ENCLOSED CAR WEEK DECEMBER 18-24, INCLUSIVE Complete Line 1922 Models Come in and look them over HARVARD AND EAST PIKE “Buy NOW what you need NOW!” Your Open Model Accepted on Enclosed Car Broadway East 0320 West M74 Bast 0404 Sunset 4633 Elliott 482 been found, keeps the fingers from wing by contact with the cold You can and you should have a Ford this Christmas. The cost is so low, the upkeep 80 small and the returns in pleas- ure, convenience and utility so Authorized Seattle Ford Dealers CENTRAL AGENCY A. F, (Burt) Blangy, Mgr. and Kast WEST SIDE AGENCY California and Alaska St WM. L. HUGHSON COMPA 500 Kast Pike St WILSON & KREITLE, INC. 4763 Ballard Ave. great that it is from every view- point the most economical and satisfactory gift of all, Pike Y ALFRED G. AYERST, INC. Third Ave, and Stewart St. 6200 Stanley Your order should be placed at once for Christmas delivery, Terms if desired, HUGH BAIRD Fourth Ave. at James St. Elliott 0750 L. M. CLINE MOTOR COMPANY 1102 E, 45th Street Kenwood 0031 CLARK-BAKER MOTOR CO. Tenth Ave. and Jackson St. Beacon 0532 CANAL MOTORS CO. 315 Nickerson St. Garfield 0074 HART & HART Ave., Georgetown Sidney 0550