The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 17, 1922, Page 5

ae cyte ATTRACTIVE CAR Experts Claim Oil-Burning Motor “Can Think” NEW YORK, June 17.—An auto- mobile that uses for fuel in the sum mer the ol! which propels the big ocean.going steamships and the oil- burning type of locomotive, is at. tracting the attention of motorists in New York It ts called the Clermont Steamer, being named after the boat which, under the direction of Robert Fulton, made history on the Hudson more} than a century ago, and which was | the forerunner of the steamship of} today. Engineers are Interested tn this | Rew type of steam car, which has| practically all the power of a steam automobile, with none of the defects of the earlier steamers. The auto-| matic devices, which control all the} functions of the engine, are particu: | larly complete, according to the ¢x- perts, and their working relieves the | driver of all thought and care, In fact, as one engineer explained: “The | Clermont does everything but think.” | Distillate, the fuel used for the of} burning steamboats and locomotives, Goes not flow as freely as the lighter) This is the Oakland 6-44 which won the Grand Sweepstakes cup in the Los Angeles- conomy contest, the most prized trophy in this nationally known yearly event. the summer time. It can be bought} /¢ Oakland not only won the Grand Sweepstakes cup for all five classes, but also for the at 7 cents a gallon, and in compart | class in which it was entered. son with gasoline, which fluctuates) Camp Curry was 49.87. Ton mileage is obtained by dividing the gross weight of the car | by the distance traveled and dividing by the number of gallons of gasoline consumed. Heavy olls in cold weather, so it can be used) Yosemite FE in the Clermont steam car only in around 30 cents a gallon, will give al most twice as much mileage, gallon for gallon, as is secured in the best | mud and mountain climbing encountered on the trip make the showing more remarkable. Bas car practice today. Kerosene is a fuel that can be used either winter or summer in the Cler- mont, and on this fuel, which ts fixed imprest ciate sees |GOdley, Radio Wizard, Advises Star Readers BY PAUL F. GODLEY | Ha: Own Plantation America’s Foremost Radio Authority Wit) music lovers ever be able to depend upon radio for real music? fe plantation in the 14, tage tad depends chiefly on two asoline, the new steam car will give about twice the mileage, gallon for | gallon, that gasoline cars do. j Big Tire Concern The United States Rubber Co., which owns tn Gumatra the largest gone a step beyond other plantation owners, who operate no factories, and introduces processes into the preparation of its crude rubber which especially fit the rubber for manu- to be least traffic. mer Canadian ‘The members ' while Nationa! soma parent There’s a Wholesome Thrill in Scaling Majestic Peaks i Boel most magnificent trip to }, be had in the Rockies is that from Mount Robson— 4 4 used to observe the rest of our BSBA to the Valley of a Thou- veiled only by silk stockings. 4 sandFalls—toBergLake jart of our person, and Robson Pass. You viously attractive, any men won't be able| promi circle imposing Mount Robson completely with gorgeous views greeting you at every turn. The whole district is full of pic- turesqueglaciers that dwarf most icefields—the supreme district for moun- tainclimbing. A well-made trail, a short distance from the railway, givesaccess to a region that can never be forgotten. See Canada this year—Lucerne, more picturesque than Switzer. land—Jasper Park, the national playground—Fraser River Can- yon, Prince Rupert, the gateway to Alaska, “Continental Limited” | Cromes the Rockies at the } h st altitude, the easiest gradients and in ww of Canada’s highest peaks. Summer Exe. Tickets om anie until! Aug. 31 at grent~ ly reduced rates. Vor de~ write S ECONOMY MARK NEW STEAMER IS (OAKLAND 6-44 SETS ECON BY THOMAS KR. King County Bou! ATTLE-KENT, GOOD CONDITION, Gravel in good! Renton-Bellevae Renton to Kennydale. Kent-Black Diamond } miles out of Kent, balance good gravel Renton. Kartington Pavement for 1% New pavement will be Diamond — Good. | Sunset Highway in King county, Issaquah-Pall City North Bend — Excellent. Renton-Issaquah-—laved. Assaquah-Redmond (vie Lake Sammam- Redmond to Inglewood fair, bal- Inaquah. Newport Good. ry Diamond —6. Open to Miller with exception of 4, which te rough od. ftevens Passe Highway 1,000 feet at Malt odin ville- Duvall Rope i ent condition. | Dee Moines-Tacome Highiine—In good Ton mileage average for the 360 miles from Los Angeles to struction of Victory wav. brick pavement at Lake Fo Reckless Drivers to Be Christened as “Flivverboobs” Reckless and careless drivers of automobiles are to be known as balance fatr gravel, Kedmond-Fail City at Tolt closed. | * m cal) Main 6900, This name has been selected by judges of the American Automo- association tn a contest ik a name describing the reck lees driver in the same manner describes the BRIEF AND EFFFECTIVE In early days of Vermont, when | marriages were solemnised without | getting a license, one bitter midnight, 29 degrees below tero, « couple called | the esquire to the window. Bhivering, | in hia night shirt, he asked: “What in hell do you want?” “We want to be married.” “Re married and be damned,” and he slammed the window down. ‘This te probably the shortest wed. remony that coupled legal a: |curacy with the religious From Off the Record carelens pedestrian. The name was suggested by F. B. Simpson, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., who will receive $25 in gold of fered as ® prize by the A. A. A. More than 10,000 names were First, the improvement of trans mitting apparatus so that true tone Qualities can be delivered to the an- tenna. facture into the goods into which it} Second, the perfection of receiving fs to be made. Exeriments have | °@pment. } shown, for instance, that certain] In view of the progress made | trans, methods of treatment produce a rub-|elong these lines during the past ber that is better suited for tires |few months, tt is expected that the than others. In fact, on the planta-|tone of the music wafted thru the| point to so design the equipment as tion of the United States Rubber Co, | air soon will be greatly improved. avery step in the handling of rubber,| ‘That from the moment it leaves the tree is resonance, upon which all our radio _ taken with a view to the particular | work ts so dependent, Kind of goods into which the rubber | which has acted as a stumbling | ts to be manufactured. block in the path of the radio engi. | driving these loud speakers. neers. Resonance ute Best time for touring ts Tuesday |earance tn ~ anh: Wetnesiny, when there io anid places, and produces many unde- unexplainable Changes in the design me ee FTE I CELE Curves of properly and im- properly designed amplifying formers, showing distor- | tion of sounds. suggentions came from all parts of the United States. ° | tlhia Grey: Cy : Youthful Wife and Mother Loves Her Family, But Tires of Responsibility, and Wishes to Move to a Hotel Where She May Idle Away Her time About Town—What Is Your Advice to This Husband? BY CYNTHIA GREY Youthful marriages—are they a success? Because young folks, especially girls, usually marry to obtain more freedom, only to find that they | have lost more independence than they | Consequently, when the novelty wears off, they become rest-| less, neglect their home duties and the heads straight for the inevitable rocks of disaster. The following letter is from a young man who disregarded | parental advice and married.an 18-year-old whom he loved| and who ran away from her home to marry him. is facing a serious problem. }to take care of these distortions. ‘This has been particularly true of Ie. the thing |2Utspeaking recelvers, and ampli the power for its ap |tion occurs in the amplifier vacuum | jtubes, in the transformer, and in| the reproducing magnetic recéiver| Mont of the distor: | tion is a result of attempts to use) equipment not designed to carry the! _ | sirabhe | phenomena. of the equipment, chanical and electrical nature, to be made many times before a de. sign without false resonance ts per- fected. These difficulties will have been | surmounted in the broadcasting sta tions long before been overcome in the stations of | thousands Each broadcasting station concentrated trained engineers, while the majority of the receiving some time to come, be equipped with either built by the amateur himself, or purchased from | manufacturing, jeoncerns who have not made tt a} avai “Thin Skirt League” Latest French Thrill PARIS, June 11—“The Thin Skirt, to distinguish a natural the latest feminine or-| » " | ganization to start Paris Its object rights—and the lefts ladies who, possessed of shapely un derpinning, find themselves hard by the edict skirts shall be tn fashion this sum: fand its horn. the result of false resonance within | magnetic telephones. Nine times out Peerless Sales for | May Pass All Marks ith the close of business on Wed may ever regain, matrimonial craft radio apparatus, They have a little child and| the wife insiats on leaving it with others and running around Is there a happy solution to his problem? | you have read his letter, if you can say anything that might shall be very glad to print it: ; Only a month ago I discovered your}! attle Star and since then I have been much} I have been thinking, perhaps, either you or} some of the readers of your column could help me solve a} problem that is bothering me greatly. Ss ago my home was in Portland, Ore. five years ago, I met a sweet girl whom I was destined to fall| in love with. She was only 16, tho, and I w two years I went with her for the pleasure of her compan} After we became engaged, I had a} column in the | league nt after the short skirt | Then it became serious. long talk with her mother, a sensible woman. anxious for her daughter to be married for several years as she did not believe in too early marriages. Y | same, but the girl was anxious to be married. Finally a plan was formulated whereby I was to go to Seat-| tle or some other nearby city to live, in the hope that the So I came to Seattle and soon} | ‘an away from aying she wouldn’t have me leave her So I dropped the idea and we were married two years ago this month. rf I bought a place and have fixed up] She was not} them of such — fRailways |stuff that even in the shade their! ee | well-modeled props will be quite ap-[ I believed the We don't mind wearing s it is the fash: | 4 one of the leaguers, brunette with blue ¢ nink ught to be than our ankles, girl's ardor would cool a bit. obtained work. home and came here, ss than a week a small arpete of a after haying been Miss Grey will receive caliers in ber office Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 2p m, and on Tuesday and Thursday from 11 &. m, to 12 m. each week. Please do not come at other times as It headquarters in @ nice home and for over a year and! alt everything was lovely » to be most fully followed eight months ago a little Very soon after that my | wife began to show signs of restless- | She commenced going to to every afternoon, and spent more ti than she had ever} SS i i} of time she becomes very anxious to | she was tired of married| All of which 1s so inconsistent, |life, not permanently, but she wanted jtrip to town and then she is after | »t her move down town for a which tied her down, had made her I can't let her do it, of course. think too much of her, and_then 1 I will confess. |seems that things can't go on this She was married too young But what shall 1 do? |put it up to you and your kind read- whom I had employed |prior to the birth of the child, and whom I discharged but two months Now my wife 1s asking that 1 per- |mit her to move down town to some {hotel and spend her time “dolling * and “Jazzing around.” She still cares for me and for the e is no doubt of that at Christmas she [returned in two days, declaring she jwas lonesome for me |24 hours she was again in her rest infrequently a mother may gently convince her of | the error of her ways, when even the | You say your | | mother-in-law is a sensible | Why not write her, explaining every- | |thing, and have her casually make know, of course, that it has been ar- Perhaps some of the read-| some helpful sugges- either the baby or me for any length ere will have ywing dahlian and gladi ve same by writing to What kind of bristles are used on | yi s* nand signals aren't clearly seen at night, | Knowing autoists hand sig y ght, | shaving brushes? | Mrs. Marguerita C. Thomas, Los Angeles, has attached to her glove a little flashlight which she operates bu a thumb spring. , and inclosing two cent# in stamps for postage. made from badger hair or from hair from Russian and Siberian squirrels. CO ts ce ae IT ISN'T UNUSUAL FOR A CUSTOMER TO ASK US: “Who are some of the users of your cars in Seattle?” The object being, of course, to check up and find out how well they are satisfied with their STUDEBAKERS. A tailor is a good judge of cloth—a builder is a good judge of lum- ber—a baker is a good judge of flour. IF MEN WHO ARE THEMSELVES ENGAGED IN ALLIED TO IT, ARE NOT GOOD JUDGES OF AUTO- MOBILES, WHO IN THE WORLD IS THERE THAT IS? The following is a list of one hundred Studebaker users who, by the very nature of their business, are in a position to judge real motor car values. The list comprises auto and truck dealers, auto accessory dealers and — salesmen, auto mechanics, engineers, transfer men, truck operators, hardware and machinery dealers, tire companies, contractors, auto in- surance companies, public officials, H. T. Moody...... . 1513 12th Avenue Salesman, Ballou & Wright J. Walter McDonald...... Pegeness Hotel Barker of McDonald Bros., Auto Tops and Upholstering G. RB. Sumpter...... .. Third and Pine Manager Auto Stage Terminal doin A. Schmoker..........+ ... 5718 34th N, EB. Salesman, KR. M. Hollingshead & Co. Wholesale Automobile Supplies James McEwing.......... osceees ss 400 12th Ave. Gas and Oil Service Station ooeorserecnee 631 W. Galer Dentral Ford Agency and Secretary Automotive Association George Welser...... pees cocees 1015 E. Union ‘ Of The Auto Sheet Metal Factory 3. C, Kail. 2651 Fifth N. Auto Tops, Trimming, etc. W. T. Worley... ccc ccccscereee 219 Howe St. Service Mgr. Otis Elevator Co, Arthur Moser... . 25th and E. Madison Mechanic, Granger Motor Co, Androw Lind. ...6 0.06. .ce cece re en 400 E. Pine Of Pike & Lind, Auto Painters George Carroll Earl B, Staley........+--0++ «..10th and Spring Automotive Engineer E. W. Dieckhoff............. .--811 Railroad 8. Marine Superintendent and Engineer Mechani W. ©. Farrow, 0.666 ceccceeeeeee Auto Shop Foreman, Kristoferson Dairy H. P. Pierce .. Mill Foreman, Geo, Gunn, dr... osee. 1525 11th Ave, Manager Kelly-Springfield Truck Co. dohn L. Mountain. ..........6...5 1107 12th Ave. City Fire Department D. H. McDonald, City Messenger & Transfer Co. Hugh McDonald, City Messenger & Transfer Co, Fairbanks, Morse ©o.......... 500.5 First Ave. 8. Machinery and Supplies Broderick & Bascom. 528 First 8. Legeers’ Supplies an jachinery Will Proctor ......... +++ .1810 North 40th St. Of Henry Disston & Sons Arthur W. Hoppock........... 908 E. Pike St. Propr. Seattle Tire & Rubber Co. HM. B. Wilbur,» ..... cseeces, 434 Sth Ave, Automobile Tire Dealer United States Rubber Co... Goodyear Tire & RubBer Co Northwestern Rubber Co ee White Pavs & Yukon Route....510 Alaska Bldg. Auto Club of Western Washington...... Portland Cement Association. Pioneer Sand & Gravel Co.... Seattle Hardware Co... .. 2... 6....c0s500e Fred J, Bailey.......... soe. Port. Townsend Propr. Olympic Piledriving Co. Geo. J. Lang.......... seecees D218 Ravenna Propr. Seattle Sheet Metal Co. W. H. Oliver .. 06... ..0 0. cc esses. DLE 20th N, Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co. Baker-Joslyn Co..... -.eee 526 First Ave, 8. Electrical Supplies Edward J. Howay ++++..Penbrook Apts. Of U. 8. Steel Produc W. P. Williams Yavesede jar. Geo, W. Miller Co its Co, é. Pine C. D, Buchner ; First Ave. 8. Machinery and 1 Supplies C. M. Weinberg..............926 First Ave, 8. Of Standard Machinery & Supply Co, Bourret-Kirkwood Co......<.......115 Main St. Wholesale Laundry Machinery H. L, Goetz, . «.+... Seaboard Bldg. Of Ind. Asphalt Paving Co. etc., etc. ©. E, Nilsen. . 2... ...seseee+++00- 4703 Thackery Prop, Atlas Gas Engine Works Ohio Knife Co..... 534 Ist Ave, So. “Hi Speed” Steel Knives C. EB. Houston.........++.++ 3403 Hunter Blvd. Engineer 5 R. E. Maslan. Mgr., / Geo, Watkins Evans.........L. C. Smith Bldg. Consulting Engineer a C. H. Macomber ... Foreman, P. 8. Navy Yard John B. Gordon... 305 Bellevue North City Police Judge 3. A. Pedersen............---.5511 33rd N. EB Traffic Mgr., Port of Seattle Supt. P. 8. Machinery Depot j J. BR. Lawson. Mgr., F. M. Guion & Co. Insurance — A. L. Odin ........ stsceeeeceees Hotel Barker Ernst Haw. Co. King: County Engineering Dept. 4 H. R. Butler. seenesscces -.--6013 Latons Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co. Frank M. Stokes.......... +++. 8612 East 43rd Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co, Elmer Wilkes -... 1934 Mth North Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co, North End Transportation Co. Geo. E. Berlin... 127 East 58th Of Berlin Hardware ‘Co. King County Auditor A.W. Quist. . “i neral Contractor Royal Insurance Co. F. F. L. Green Stove Mfg. Cc. K. Woolley Boleom Canal Lbr. Co. “Matt” Starwich.......... King County Sheriff — Studebaker “Big Sixes” Standardized Equip- ment—six in use—have had fourteen to date 4. C. Hill (Personal)... .. Bari Ramage (Personal) Wm. H. Sears (Personal) -Deputy Sheriff 4. D. Lutz (Personal). ... -Deputy Sheriff J, M. Schmelz... .......--0. ses egvaces seve a Supt. Northern Pacific Railway Thomas Vail .. Engineer, George H. Ellis -Deputy Sheriff .Deputy Sheriff rthern Railway 3. J. McCullough. .... ns ++». 1612 Ravenna Supt., Northern Pacific Railway A. J. Grummett........... -606 19th North Charles L. Denny. --2023 Eddy St, Denny Transfer Co. City of Seattle, Street Department. City of Seattle, Fire Department. Associated Oil Company........ We can refer to every STUDEBAKER owner in Seattle, but the above list of e discriminating users should be of great value-to those who wish to investigate our claims of STUDEBAKER superiority. SIXES Light Six - - - - Special Six - - - Bix Six - - ONLY - - + = Little Car - + + Medium Car - Seven-Passenger $1,295.00 $1,750.00 $2,095.00 Delivered Seattle Prices = — SANDS MOTORS COMPANY | 1016-1018 East Pike Street This Is a Studebaker Year ei ies 5D