The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 18, 1922, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922. i} FAMILY TAKES | Vancouver Plans for Elaborate Auto Show MOTORCYCLE MEN IN CITY - PLAN TO BRAND WILD DRIVERS A.A. A. Offers Prize for : Slurring Name Relieving that there is need for an @utstanding and pointed term for | | Peckless automobile drivers—a term that wilh at once convey ridicule and ee” American ameuel association has inaugurated & gampaign to unearth a fitting sobri- S'hhe pian of the A. A. A. le to ‘Brand the reckless motorist with « name that will be as comprehensive | become as popular as the term, At AR SEE ne COGIC _ TRIP ON CYCLE Trade Paper Writer Takes Harley-Davidson Party Is Full Camp Equipment Pleased With Northwest One of the longest tours by motor-| Declaring that the Northwest tw cycle and nidecar ever made is credit: |Geveloping into excellent territory 4 to J, D, ("Dad") Barratt, wife and | foe seepeiea,. segvensnaaiiven, of two daughters, of Omaha, Neb, last tng uariey «Anaya eh la —_—t of Milwaukee, arrived here Friday on Mr. Rarratt's outfit consteted of & | tour of inspection. They are to be twin cylinder motorcycle and two |the io ae tee ie pancenger sidecar, which carried the iain pete POR colin Gg ec following load: ifia wife, woibiD® ist, @istributorn for Heattla, Spokane 206 pound; daughter Helen, and Tacon pounds; daughter Fiera, 6 pounds.| In the party are William @. Har and Mr. Barratt, 163 pounds; one 7%7 Jey, engineer; Arthur Davidson, aalew twofoot wall tent, tent poles, three manager, and Verne Guthrie, Ni ju i€ t oouver’s and made to greet the largest crowd of ‘strongly at an unusual gatheriffy of held at the Arena March 22-25. Barty jentimates of an attendance not ters |*™all tire cute and loosens the tire |than 10,000, and probably $15,000, | “*ructure. neem justified by the reservations. But there will be room for all, VANCOUVER, B, C, March 1%—~jaccounts for the intense enthusiasm The stage is nearly set for Van |that now antmates the coming aute biggest automobile show, show. This, with the unusual tours Preparations are now being ist influx that seems imminent, hints ourist# that ever poured into Pacific Janada with the coming of spring ime. The motor exhibition wil) be the auto clan# bere Mareh 22-26, WATER WORKS tts way inte ENGINES HAVE to be drained Altho the auto show is nearly «| 0! more frequently in winter week off, Vancouver is beginning to in fummer. asume gala colors, and this is no| teed mostly In the stores, There in jaywalker,” which is now applied & reason, for valuable cash prizes PORN ROLLE LO ELLE LO I EE, army blankets, two bed blankets, | weet representative, the careleas pedestrian, For such term the organization is offering | im cash The hunt ts to be con- “ducted in contest form, and all per. having what they consider a application for reckless mo- Black walnut finishing rail around the entire body, cleverly-designed parking lights on three canvas tarpaulins, one | canvas bag filled with clothing, two waddle ba for small articles, one spare tire, four spare inner tubes, cooking utensils, camp dishes, ft cover for machine and sdecar, one rh ares | are being awarded to the stores hav: | ing the mort striking and original | window displays wuggestive of the! Other enh prizes are to be award. | |e@ nightly at the show by drawing ability. ‘The expense of this trip, from the time they left Omaha, Av | eust 18, until they arrtved at Tampa, | the latter part of November, wan lows |than $600, which covered all ex SURE, WE'RE SELLING ’EM Rvery day brings en ever teereas- ing number of inquiries shout (hese nplendid rebutit Motorcycles Toriats are invited to submit their to the national headquarters the A. A. A. at Washington. Im a statement covering {Its rea- 4x5 camera, one 5x7 camera and t pod, two small cameras, field glannen, camp cook stove, tent pins, typewrit er, tools and repair parts for emer x on the machine—total weight, 1.560 pounda. Wiedfeld May Be ‘They made a trip Hast ° stopping at Chicago, Detrett Lenten, Germany’ En: y Ont; Niagara Falla, Syracus, " vo! Noat to New York,| BERLIN, March 18.—The German wen eyed government has requested the waded |American government to consent to the cowl, and long, soft-flawing curves are a few of the most distinctive features of the new Velie, Model 58, a five-passenger siz, now being featured by the Olsen-Warren Motor Co., 1109 Pine st., Seattle agents. The Velie manufacturers, accu, ding to the local rep- ~ Ley Pegg engl resentatives, have achieved an ambition in this car to combine correct size, long springs “The American Automobile assoct- big tires and deep, restful upholstery into @ car of unusual flexibility and ease of handling wants a name which will brand __the sort of car women find easy to drive. . The Velie corporation, say the Seattle dealers, motorists just hed a . has concentrated on this model for the year, in touring, sedan, coupe and roadster types, oe person not pao ig \all equepped with the Velie-built motor. civilized to cross the street at the ——— jof lota. Provincial laws allow con- Kiderable latitude along this line, and this proves highly popular among! British Columbians, There will be « frand prize of $1,000 cash, with other priser up to $200 in cash. Anyone; that gets inside the show has « chance, regardless of age, sex or na tionality, In addition to the prizes for visitors, exhibitors will compete | for an array of trophies seldom seen | at & motor show. | | penne, living for four healthy peo: pie, gaa, of! and repairs for the ma. chine and ali incidentain DON’T BE A “STAY AT HOME” 1920 MARLEY - DAVIDSON Spore model, with A. B. C. Electric gen- erator, wpot light, taf light, Stew- peed: hauled and ie guaranteed to give real service; 46.08 DOWN and $22.40 per menth. where they spent several days look crossings. He or she emda | ther responsibility upon the motor- be made May 29. Persone wishing to| ed, af are dotng the Master’s work. | ing over the city. They then b safety, as well an ob take tions for public bas a er do. | eS extra precaut but even more et- which ts open to all, prosecution, 9 contest, is the ridicule carried by th) wil) close May 15, and the award will submit names should address Content Editor, American Automobile assnet ation, 1108 16th st, Washington, DRC Some More Letters From Star Readers | | | It bas been ciroulated about that the society's method .of guasing animals is cruel, Just how crue! tt te can be fudged tf you hare ever taken gaa at the dentist's, Antmals destroyed in this way simply be come drowsy and in two minutes or = pase out. It is by far the mowt bumane death. Because of thetr experience and {their love of animals, the Humane society people are best qualified to handle the pound. Bince it har Preven practical from a financial point in other cities as well, there South, passing thru Washington, D. C; Durham, N. C4 Augusta, Ga; Ba- vannah, Ga; Jacksonville, Pla; Lake land, Pia; Fort Myers, then back to/ Tampa, Fla. They camped out every night, and the entire trip was made without accident Mr, Barratt is past the halfcen- tury mark in age, Roads were, as ® whole, fairly good, but they encoun- tered two stretches of mand in Flor ida that eorely tried Mr. Barratt's driving ability, a» well ax the motor. However, the motor pulled the outfit to hard roads none the woree for ita) the appointment of Alfred Wiedfeid, former managing director of Kruppa, to be German ambassador to Wash- ington. Wiedfeld resigned from hie pewt at the head of the famous munitions | works yenterday, indicating ‘he had agreed to scoept the Wirth govern: ment's offer of the post. Only the richest men tn Germany were eligible, owing to the difference exchange. zens of this nation. We are walking on thin joe, these days; any attempt to bind upon the ti flying banners and pennants, attractions, a display of the latest tn | motors and accesories, and every-| thing ¢lee conducive to an epochal | automobile pageant that will be with. out a dull hour from start to finish. | ransform the Arena ins coe or | GO SOMEWHERE ON SUNDAY 1929 EXCELSIOR, never been run he wild ekir! of kilted bagpipert, i over 1,009 miles: electric frowt amd wide speadometer, looks lke new. surprised ; WH, 619.09 per month. British Columbia haw long been Tecognized as the brightest center of | auto enthusiasm in the whole em- jean be no just objection. Stncerety, Dire, and the per capita of auto own- |ership measures up to even some wealthy California cities. Nearly | everyone here with the price owns a | car—the handsomest that he can af. | ford, or = secondhand flivver if) nothing better can be secured. Thir lf, Down Buys a New labor. Mr. Barratt is a trade paper writ ¢r and @ photographer of no mean shoulders of the people the Burden they have elected to bear in order that ours may be a most wonderful democracy is almost certain to be re-| sented, and in wuch a fashion that) will throw all the wheels of civilica- |tlon out of mesh for a long time to! |come. LUCILLE BOUCHER, §f7 19th Ave Grass to Grow on First Avenue Editor The Star: te carfare of their employes and Vote for the threecent carfare and | families, not only to and from work, School Children on Street Cars but at all times, a reduction of wages | matter The Star: was wailing for the car, One bey baad be the > Egg eyelet will be made to offset that carfare,| 1 have been a resident of Beattie |catted out “Oh, there's Santa Claus! a jand then the reduced wages will not | for more than 20 years and feel that |What's he doing out at thig time of| ‘The sales tax law apparently ts & Erickson plan to reduce us to peom moet the increased etpensea, I have @ right to voice some com- | year?’ Another one maid, “Oh, that’s panacea for all our taxation {lla Ta} age carries at the next election. All Americans with red blood tm|ment on a subject which I know has not Santa Claus; that’s Father Time.” |reality, in effect, it nerves to make | The burden of payment for the | their veins prefer to spend thelr own | not eacaped notice of others as weil| The conductor asked ono youth if the poor poorer and the rich richer. | street car system will fall en the money. With this plan the employ: as myself. jhe wouldn't kindly give an elderty With « eufficient amount of the light | residents of the city and not upos | ers will be siefiding a part of their) 1 refer to the conduct of school |iedy his scat and he answered, (of truth upon this proposed law, if the absent owners of real estate as is employes’ money for them, and will children on the street cars, more |“What? Stand up for that old hen?” put to a vote of the people, the sales the cry of the proponents of this | collect a commission for doing It. tupectally, high school children. As/A girl finally gave the lady her seat. tax would not survive the earliest scheme The tax reduction council, ty|1 was coming into town the other| Now I don’t mean to say that all count of ballota ‘The Erickson plan will add to the | throwing the labt on existing condi. |day about 30 high school students | high school students are like thix,| Serve your readers with more of number of collectors and add to the tions, was able to force the taxes boarded the car at one corner. They |for many of them are very models the truth about the males tax plan, cost of collection at the cost of the | down some 10 mill, and they should made a rush for the car like a bunch |of young men and ladies, but I think |atving the names of fits chief pro- lower yet. andjof cattle on a stampede Several |it should be brought to the attention | ponents. Sincerely yours, C. RB. | | | ‘The landlord, the bearding-houne | still get greater efficiency. The pas man, the grocer, the butcher, and mage of the Erickson bill will force the baker will be compelled to act asthe rate of taxation up to about 90 tax collectors by having to Increase | milla. Better let the street car con- their charges tn order to meet the | ductor do the collecting. increased taxation. | Yours, ‘When the employers have te pay A. T. AXPAYER 7 For Wheel Chair Users | Ment on soma streets tn another city. Just an incline thru the curb would chair for a certain cripple has led me| be a blessing to many. to wonder if you could not surcess| Respectfully sumested, fully inaugurate and conduct a cam FLOYD PRESHO. paign for runways from sidewalks! P. @—I might add that where wooden crommings on unpaved streets | have been replaced by concrete cross ings, the curbs are worse even than | } of them 414 not deposit their fare lof the teachers and thair parents, and upon being questioned by the|for #uch conduct i# not unteunl on boys began | the carn, as others will testify, Iop- #plt |ing you will print this, I am, yours sincerely, AN OLD STAR READER. P. & These students ride for 2% conta Editor The Star: Japplication to be made to the #0- It fs enough for Seattie that her | preme court for a writ of some kind corporation counsel should be given in which the city was Interested and full pay while he ts @ candidate for which he thought might be made! reelection once every four years, but about the time it was possible for when it comes to @ few extra cam /him to take the desired lodge de-| Palgne for mayor, ete, In the mean- | gree It is needless to my that euch | ima it is just a LITTLE TOO/|application was never made, that Mr, | ers with baby carriages, will not have |to work them up and down the ab rupt curbstones, I have noticed such an arrange Humane Society and Pound Editor The Star: Permit me to voice the opinion of many fair minded people who are working for the betterment of con- ditions in Seattle, Owing.to the success of the plan on the paved streets, and those tn wheel chairs cannot take to the/ | streets, and the lift is too much for mothers with baby carriages, MUCH. Meter got hig degree and that the Walter Meter had a good tong ve-|city paid the bill. cation a few months ago at the city’s | The people of entitle are of the expense when he sojourned in Wanh-|opinion that Mr. Meler would do well ington for five or six weeks in order /to earn his salary for a while and to take a certain lodges degree—SE- |not take time, for which he ts paid ATTLE PAID THE BILLS, |more than he ever received before in Of coutwe, Mr. Meier has his em: | his life, candidating for a job about cuss. In thie instance, it happened jsix sizes too bie for him. to be that he was waiting for an! MAUDE SWEETMAN. Not in Favor of the Sales Tax | vous fi pagen to tell of the good President Parrar nas Gone for both children and animals, and I would |not care to live tn Seattle jong were it that this work had not |been done President Farrar has in other Coast and Eastern cities,| with him uch men as Alfred Mi) and also owing to the fact that/lard, Jr R. E. Wolcott and Paul there has been so much complaint Goerner, who bend every effort to ™ane treatment of animals, the weak protected. And there King County Humane society is| ood membership, people asking all citizens of voting power, word and Intentions cannot be doubt. Féiter The Star: It was with no emall degree of mitinfaction that I read in your isrue To me, there hag always seemed to [de “something more to be said” on from those interested in the hu-|see that justice ts done and thelof the 14th an editorial giving the|‘* matter, wublic a little inaight on the shady |*Uperinduced to a large extent by now agitate; Washington. to vote in May for the turning over | ~— to the society of the city pound.| whore features of the miles tax furore that |the sim ple fact that Mellen, Hearst, jet al have been its chief proponents. |But by such simple nttle problems The society is fully qualified and Prepared to handle all work con nected with the pound more ef |fielently and more huganety, with |® greater saving of money to the i” The KUSH ADJUSTABLE BRAKE SHOES eliminate in arithmetic that you have com. meneed to propound it will go a long way to open the eyes, dimmed by years of adversity and struggie be. tween the two great millstones of our Ufe on this planet, of the citi | Wasted Energy By Cavenaugh HANDY TOOL Keep a spring paper clip, like that shown, among your tools, When there is need of patching a punctured tube, the clip will be a handy vise in keeping part under operation flat upon the fender or other tabie surface. That feller who patented an auto-| mobile trailer like a boat musta’) been considering spring tourin’ Balance 18 Months ROADSTER, Fully Equipped, $115 DOWN; $38.42 MONTHLY TOURING, Fully Equipped. ENTRAL AGEN C & ord Z tex ©6AUTHORIZED DEALERS emergency brake trouble for all time to come. Easily ad- Justed by the car owner in two minutes’ time. An ordi ary wrench is the only tool needed. Guaranteed for the Mite of the car ALEMITE LUBRICATOR CO. Phone Main 4585 312 E. PIKE ST. city. There has beén some objec- tion aroused which had {ta root In | the benefit certain people now de- | rive thru the city pound under ex isting conditions. It is entirely a case with them, “Why fight oer & penny? Simply give the penny to me!" Too much cannot be enid of Pree ident C. M. Farrar. Being preaident or officer of a humane society in | hard work and mostly thankless. 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