The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 15, 1922, Page 8

MOTORCYCLE REGISTRATION | fees in the United States range from) $2 to $5. All high grade selected casings thoroughly inspected and MAIL ORDERS ful attention paid to Mail No deposit required. a {} i | i i ce a =/AUTO T THIEVING | ISON INCREASE |Underwriters Declare They | Operate at Less | } | | NEW YORK, April 15 | automobile Against | doran't pay } That is the conclusion of officials) of the Eastern Automobile Under [writer's conference, whe have issued figures showing the enormous tn crease in motor car thefts and the incurred by! Insuring owners: thert) corresponding losses the surety firma | Im New York alone 6,000 automo ‘Diles were stolen during 19T1, About | 9S per cent of the cars taken were) jinsured against theft | | As @ result, several insurance companies were forced into bank ruptey, while one of the strongest firms had to stand a loss of nearly | $2,000,000 last year. A year before lite lows was $1,000,000. | Thefts in 1921 were from 150 to | 175 per cent above those of 1920, ts the conference estimate. According to this estimat’ also, in only about/ lone-fourth of the canes reported | | were the owners financially respon- | sible. 12.00 A new form of policy maken it) THE SEATT LE STAR IS OPTIMISTIC Firestone Sales Manager Is Confident of Future AKRON, O., April 16.—The kind of prouperity thet ls founded neither on guem nor tire unjustified hopes of optimints le now returning to the country at a steadily increasing rate This is the opinion of L Fairbank, general sales manager of the Firestone Tire & Rubber com. pany, Akron, Ohio, who has recently completed a trip from Akron to the Count, and return, covering all the Important distributing points on the way Prosperity in on the up build. ways Mr, Fairbank, “not because people merely hoped for it, but be cause they have worked for it and are xtill at it "| am not predicting a boom or A return of the superficial prosper Aty of 1919 and earty 1920. My hope is that we will never see Kuch con ditions again. “On the other hand, Lam quite Yes, this ig Lowise Lovely, motion pteture star, but the gentleman in the case isn't some | convinced that we are on the eve screen Romeo pleading with her to clamber from her perch. He ia L. V. Rawlings, of the of a broad, substantial increase of business that will mean more to all of Ileomputsory for the owner to have | Shields-Livengood Motor Co., 11th ave. and E. Pike st., and he's asking Misa Lovely how us pecaume { in founded om bard |] nis car protected by « standard ghe’d like to drive back to screenland in a Lexington “Minute Man’ lock on the steering wheel, Still, says one insurance man, ~ = way to reduce theft ls to discon tinue automobile insurance alto gether, It ly to bowus thefts that insur.) ance men attribute their losses For this reason they have been | raising the rates, making the in sured part insurer up to a certain amount of the loss and inserting}! Vt sng im the policies for sate) the car as much as pow) es Soe to automatic locking devices | rs~ AMERICAN in France| during the war had 44.692 motor ve | Rickles, * | BEFORE 1896 England Hienited | ‘road motor vehicles to four miles an | hour. ON JULY 4, 1594, there was but practical automopile in the SIX CYLINDER engine 2 begun to appear a 196, vInsT AMERICAN gulemebity sale was made in April, performance of transporting a net [little more specific 1 i a Fy Y% DOWN BUYS A NEW Fora Balance 18 Months Touring, Roadster, Coupe, Sedan, bove prices include Interest, Insarance, Gas F. 0. B. SEATTLE NTRAL_ AGENC 5 ae AUTHORIZED DEALERS Proc at Pike fully equipped, $121.00 Down, $29.80 Per Month fully equipped, $115.00 Down, $28.28 Per Month fully equipped, $149.00 Down, $36. fully equipped, $163.00 Down, $39. idea nearly went over by 4 wnanimous vote, TRYING TEST “i ” Excavating to a depth of nix feet Speed Wagon’ Wins in! filling, grading, plowing and other | Wise performing for the benefit and South African Trials | information of many interested trac ” tor enthusiasts, farmers, contractars an@d engineers, « Fordson tractor claimed marked attent allday ¢ pat rma then ing sand» he Harbor Equipped with the Miller “Trae tred, bility to render any Industrial service when Carrying 4 load of 3.140 | Pounds, maintaining an average | mpeed of 18 miles an hour*for 410 miles, and showing a masoline con sumption of 15.3 miles per gallon, a Reo speed wagon was awarded first place in the T. A. C commercial vo hicle trials, held recently in South Africa, according t@ jocal agents The route was from Johannesbure to Durban, and called for a nonstop tun. Althe the T. A.C. set a maxt mum speed of 15 miles per hour, on the assumption that this was enough to expect from vehicles drawing large loads over hilly country and excep. tlonally bad reads, the speed wagon averaged 14 miles an bour The speed wagon won the contest with an ‘economy performance of per 10 miles per hour, as inet the next best record of 13.¢d. and a total of 186.78 marks, against | 168.97. The formula employed gave the net nin a reoent in the “whit intand fit) the Fordson proved ite load carried by vehicles in cost per) ton of 2.000 pounds per mile per hour. No allowances were made for depreciation, but vehicles were care fully examined for stress of journey and penalties inflicted against relia | bility marks, /The congumption of water and general running perform- ance were also connidered. Except for the first 100 miles, the entire run wae thru mountaingus| country, which makes the speed war: | on economy performance very marked. Ole Larson Case May Be Re-Heard | TACOMA, April 15.—As a remutt of # letter received from the clerk ot the supreme court yesterday, Prosecuting Attorney James W Seldon has renewed hope that a new | hearing will be granted in the case of Ole 8. Larson, who wan convicted of Mlegally borrowing funds from the defunct Scandinavian-American bank. The conviction waa reversed by the supreme court on appeal railway. Big siz-wheel buses operated at Akron, O. Insets, country | Pullman bus accommodations now in use in Europe. WHICH COUNTRY? Diner—Ham and exe. atyle, please. Waiter—I have travele the world, #0 you will WwW: all over! to be al NEW YORK, April 15.—Great Pull Tales. | man motor buses with eight and 12 ee wheels. Read and Use STAR WANT ADS You'll Get What You Want Vast networks of elevated concrete roads linking all the important cities. and com: invue of Those things are coming ing fast-«nye a current Popular Bctenc The motor bus lines, it is predicted, will give competition to, if they do not supersede. | way lines | Sleeping buses wil! ran at night, jrushing at express-train speed on | thetr overhead concrete roadna There'll be no racking jars, no lewaying and shrieking of whinties at |erade crossings, ne soot and smoke forcing thru the window cracks Already three forerunners of the new method of tranaportation can be teen ONE—Motorbur transportation has reached a high stage of development on the Pacific coast. You cgn travel Con’s Tire Shop C_T. CONRAD, Mer. Tire Repairs—Retreading 50% LESS All Used Tires at Bargain Prices. All New Tires * for Less This Week Only 1105 Fourth Avenue nt-Sko PISTONS EIGH LIGHTEST + FIT TIGHTEST. We gcind or bore your block In your garege or ours. Fit pistons, pins and rings Our OllProof Ring gives 1,000 miles to one gallon Call us for estimate nevere Per Month Per Month and Oil you Kast 1176—705'4 BE. Pike REOENTRY WINS |Fordson Tractor Stands | Up Under Gruelling Test -:: | Forerunners of the motor| viz, Apparently, the! properly equipped, and thin, under soll eGnditions that seemed utterly impomitle, Hut it wan because of the soll conditions phat Harbor island was chosen for the demonstration, and at no time thruout the entire day wan (he Dragging 4 ot buck scraper and picking up fully two yards of mand, the Fotkon performed admirably, URder a i¢inch breaker | bottom plow, With several men loone | | from Mexicall, Mexico. to Portiand, | | Ore.~1,000 miles—in motor buses. | TWO-—Buses run regularly from London to the seashore. Instead of & porter, a vajet and maid accom |pany each Pullman bus. THRER—Private elevated ronde are occupying the attention of many traffic experts. A $5,000,000 corpora. | Mon has been organized at Chicago to | bulld an elevated motor road from Chicago to Milwaukee. Reserve Officers’ Field Day May 6) Featured by a number of com. | | petitive events, much as a regimental | parade, company drill, equipmen' race and a wall-sealing contest, the | annual fwld day for the reserve of} ficerw’ training corps will be held oat | May 6 at the University of Washing: | ge ton. | pes 24 More Veterans to Obtain Tracts | OLYMPIA, April 15. — Twenty: | four men will form the secoud group of war veterans to receive tracts in the White Bluffs Hanford district. The men who were chosen yesterday lwill be notified to appear at the! project offices at White Bluffs, April 28, for the drawing of names and/ selections of tracts. present rail: | | SAVES TIME SAVES MONEY Benefits Battery ‘RLIMINATES aB% BATTERY TRO! 2 BATTERIES CHARGED wrrn STAY CHARGED CERTIFICATE OF TEeT KATORY NO. URADIA, Liat OTRICITY I have examined sam) Uradia submitted find that it Sulphuric A ide I do not taing any au would be inju age batlery (Bigned) J. J. KBSSLer, nees which @ to @ ator Pr. oh Mm, St. Louls, Mo. DRIVE IN—WE Ann TO EXPLAIN Uradia Sales and Service Co. Kast ofaT 1531 BROADWAY Retween Pike and Pine WILLING | Mout work and the creation of new seo nomic values, and pot on ficficlous and spec lative gains in the value of stocks, jand and raw materials “My tip weet wan convincing be cause I found among all clanses the same «pir! my confident optimiem. ng bankers, whe « year aro were profoundly depressed, 1 found today = feeling that the time hax come for definite and constructive advance {n business: on a safe and well thoughout basis.” mounted on the beam, in order to hold the plow in the sund, the tractor | continued to pull easily and steadily until the beam iteelf became imbed. ded in the mand. Further evidence of the Fordson's mt demonstration at Walla Walla, re with the Miller “Tractred” pment. the machine plowed up « 2 per cent rade on a 28 per cent hitixide, pulling two I4inch bottom lows to a depth of nine inches in tn- termediate or plowing speed In addition to large numbers of farmers who have witneswed Fordson demonstrations thruout the «tate, many road builders, contractors and engineers of prominence were pree. ent at the Harbor island show thin week. These men, cautious and crit. toa), were favorably impressed as the Fordson worked along in the Harbor inland sande, \d nevern) stated that they would require no further proof of the Fordson’s ability to handle any kind of work required in road bulld ing, @xeavatuing, ditching, filling and krading. Roth at Walla Walla and tn the Harber trland sande, where soll con ditions were quite different, yet dit. in each case, the Fordson yielded ample, steady power easily. Officials of the Ford Motor company, ranch, are elated. and pre is in the case of Ford trucks suitably equipped with trailer attachments, the Fordson tractor when equipped with attchments for specific purposes will open up many | new fields for the use of the Ford. son. The recent price reduction of $2: on dhe tractor han developed a sales volume hitherto upprecedented. The Seattic branch reports mand and sctual sales far in excess of their moet optimistic expectations. | A pleasing feature is that tractor miles are not confined to a single group, such as farmers, but cover an Increasing nurober of contractors, | lumberm: others. of modified, controtied. tractor de. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 19 How the Famous Disc Clutch of the Buick “Four” Proved Itself The same design of disc clutch that was used in the powerful war tanks is likewise used in the Buick Four. 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