The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 15, 1922, Page 7

AUTO CAMPERS Six Knife Sharpeners Go a-Begging and Young Merchants Mourn | TU come to that | 1 know « sharp knife is a requisite | of outdoor existence. To keep the | blade keen, some eort of sharpener is | | MISS A CHANCE | About a valve fora bicycle tire, But | Now, my camping frienda, you and | Standard Oil Co. Faces New Menace WASHINGTON, July 16-—-A bil te prohibit ownership or control, ai rect or indirect, by any person, part ership. association or corporation, of shares In more than one company | was introduced in the senate by Sen ator Wailshof Montana, yesterday. The measure aims at disruption of the alleged monopoly of the Stan@ard O81 Co. over oll and gasoline in Mon tana, reported to congress by the fed. eral trade commission inst two years. Possibly two and » half. Dustness men vainly endeavored to Introduce this excellent article among you. I met them return! Giscouraged, from your camp. They told me all about it—after attempt | Ing to well me @ sharpener. ye of the young men wore over alla, some dirt, and an air of intense | earnestness, His name is Lawrence | Jean Derringer, and he ts pearly 9 years old. His associate is his broth. er, Earl, aged 11. }T found the young Derringers. Sur. Prisingty candid. too. They didn't claim they had the best thing of ite kind ever manufactured, or that It was worth three times what they anked. Mon bs bad atx knife sharpeners between them. I looked at one of these. I'm not sure just how it worked Neither were the business partners, Only they were positive it did work. “I sold one yesterday,” Lawrence | Jean told me, gravely. “They are 40 conta, reduced from #0. 1 get 20 cents for every one I sell. They'll inst two years, they will, Two years and & half, maybe” “And maybe not,” said his brother brother two or three years older. He sella soap. Sometimes five and six jcakes @ day Hile success in the) lured in Law new valve Earl needs bicycle tires. need 33 vents for the valve. Wee werveesat cae ROADSTER | Fully Equipped, Inctuding Interest, ; $143 CASH AND $35.30 PER MONTH WILL BUY A NEW mE OBrversat cae COUPE Fully Equipped, Incinding Interest, Insurance, Gas and Oil CENTRAL AGENCY Broadway and Pike East 6320 $157 CASH AND $38.65 PER MONTH WILL BUY A NEW Gaa= SRS UNIVERSAL CAR Fully Equipped, Including Interest, Insurance, Gas and Oil CENTRAL AGENCY Broadway and Pike East 6320 r | salled into) y bimself, he proved think TT buy.” he! the conctasion of short de-| bate. “Your selling talk ain't very good." re et Seanened penton Saf ; a ee saleamen still had six sharpeners. 1/ sorry “Of course they didn’t have any “selling talk.” And they Were much too honest to be reg: i kids, and they always said “Yes, sir” in answer to every ques- thon as if they meant it—both of them—that I— Weill, I don't see how you campers) passed up this bet! And as I left Lawrence Jean and| Earl and went my meddiesome way, | I felt indignant. And worried | I'm still worried, too. I keep won dering if they will get that valve for their bicycle tire. (Editorial Note: The author offers no reason why he himself, didn’t buy « knife sharp- ener, but to those who know him, the obvious explanation is that he had not the price. Nobody in this office ever has seen Kean | As I may, two of Seattle's young Intriguing commerctal adventurers | | drove with Leigh Titus, of Santa Kita, re | ports some unusual uses to which | jhe puts his Buick car. This started out tn life D-45 five parsenger lear, but under the uses made of ft by Titus it hae developed into a 24 passenger car. The photograph of the Buick, with it, load of Mexiean [labprers, reproduced herewith, was recently recetyed by the Bldridge. | Buick company, of Beattie. |tlon of the new hospitale at Fort Bayard, six miles from Santa Rita. over « road that te as hilly and as | rocky as the famous road to Dublin. “and do you realise.” he contin | ved, “that this fact proves beyond a shadow of doubt that tire making | has passed the experimental stay “In the old Gays (not so long ago, | ether), we heard « great deal of talk about gusrantee and edjustmenta, but now the buyer does not even andard make of tire. 4 5 remember when oar saleamen rmers because they had = blowout while demon- strating the car. The farmer was ‘off the car when he thought he might buy tire trouble with his car [could see they were biue, and 1 was) 4nd any car driver knows that up to within a few years ago one always the fear of a blowout marring their pleasure “But in the language of the cartoonist, ‘them days come forever” Motorists buy tires with confidence, axsured they will get more miles than any guarantee figures. Bight, ten or even fit teen thousand miles ore om pected, whereas, the old-time motorist was surprised if he exoreded 3,500 or 5,000 miles. “While tifte sction has A uniform of in a very fow years. cons srability the prec that few ees has beer people realize portance of tt wrought Perhaps Ip this emooth evol tutionary #o « the hange the most rev ary progress with as much as 40 cents upon his person at one time.) WHAT IS THIS IN HISTORY? Know anything about Amer The picture is the 22nd of printed in The Star in the form of puzzles. daily, and when the entire 24 have been printed/and you have made your guesses, send your answers to the History Puzzle Editor, Seattle Star, Seattle, A prize of $5 will be given nearly correct. And five prize: the five next best. Get in the game! It’s fun. ican history? Then pitch in and show how accurately you can link up the above picture with some historical event in America. a series of 24 which will be Watch for them Wash. for the set of answers most 3 of $1 each will be given for f{HE SEATTLE STAR Titus fs interested in the construc | think of these things when he bays | tion. | BETIS MS iM EW ously for four months. shout 2.490 pounds. times it has - carried 1.560 pounds ‘Twenty four pasengers are a good, with 18 passengers add bimself be | deni of « toad for Crcrsaemae bas negotiated the six miles of hilis! lear, even if it is a Buick, and eev. eral of Titus’ friends told him that | “%4 fecks tn 22 minutes. the car would not last two weeks | Only fair to give the Buick «| under the ugueua] strain. The car,/ bed in the hospital, however, has been running continu. Under these | require it. conditions it haa missed just three | Sundays, and the damage to it has miles up to date. | | consisted of one broken front epring. | that it is entitled to the distinguished | The load carried by the Buick ts | service medal and several | sengers as follows high as| the redr seat,-three to four in the lt would but up to the! Present time it dots not appear to The car has been driven 24,000) Titus considers Biz to eight in | front seat, four on the hood and one Under this tend oa Titus reports that ito four on each running board. | asec when it produced the Sil vertown Cord Tire. This tre in | stantly Goubied the milcage posstbill- tes of tires, bett “Sines that time this tire has been ered year by year, until the sil | ° vertown of today gives double the mileage of the Silvertown of @ few | oo ne mpent. years back. “Both in corfs and tabrice Good | ., rich has progressed along the line Of the motorists needs These tires | miles for leew money. i {butiding. He buys uniformity «ive more dependabiiity and more “When the motorist burs Goo@rich ‘today he buys standard quality tire The 202% is the mame quality as the | Digest tire Goodrich makes buys perfectly balanced construction. insuring equal wear and ability "The motorist te manding & guarantee when he buys an ‘experiment mind to ask about a guarantee when be buys « Goodrich. Experience has proven will, on the average, te any possible guarantee, They know that Goodrich stands squarely back of each tire, and is | even more anxious than the motorist eee that ts purchaser a cent “This ix the spirit that has made Goodrich better tires, It is the spirit that has made Goodrich dealers worthy of con. fidence, and it ts the spirit-of the service back of the tire. Thos is the tire bayer pro tected as he never was before.” NEW ZEALAND TIRE MEN HERE Visit Taken as Healthful! tire tar mac Sign of Auto Boom Tt is @ healthful sign in the auto. motive industry when bu of faraway New Zealand find the ammer sufficiently t to jou the U. B.A, to on old ex and to estab- The of Paul Cropper. of the Neiil-Cropper com. one of the most y best of Australasia Cropper’s company known the represen in New Zea nia rubber where ts are widely t the greater part of ae Cropper spe: a week in San Diego, epacted the fav tires tn r where he In the actual process of manu He expressed himself as He depena | justified tn de} Tt never enters his! dou. | no Goodrich tire owes | age factory and saw | |Festival to Be Held Here | duc been formerly convinced of the merit of the tires he is distrib sting in New Z and stated that his visit » factory and main offices cor judgment n the matter. It is evident from the number of orders with which the Neill-Cropper company is favoring Savage factory that they are lucing results in the face of keen competition. | ng to Cropper, American omotive accessories are in Australia and New Zea The Pacific coast concerns do an extensive export trade. Savane company ly favored with a large thix foreign business, since their advantageous location facili tates prompt shipment and good Cropper im accompanied on his tour by Mrs. Cropper. They intend ambine business with an ex ended pleasure trip which will take them East and eventual They the I y to Europe. i return via Montreal and nof Canada VANCOUVER, B Poker is still @ game of skill, not chance, and therefore poker debts are legal | cording to a decision by Justice Rug- gies, YUKON PIONEERS, Need No Guarantees |SERVICE, SMILE, for Tires Nowadays| Ni BUSINESS Western Auto Si Supply Finds Confidence Big Asset ‘The biggest asset any concern can jobtain tethelr reputation for hand only those commodities which the utmost service for, the ng give A concern @istributing thousands articles must stand back of each ticle they sell. If, thru a defect In | the material or workmanshtp, some partictusr article dors not give the | satisfaction it i warrented to give, jthen the concern distributing tt should stand back of this commodity with thetr 6wn guarantee and efther repair or replace it, ae the case may require. In this manner they build up confidence and good will with the public can never be taken | away The Western Auto Supply com. pany, With a chain of S5-stores, has accomplished this very thing, it ts! }eaid. No matter in what store an j article does not live up to the guar. antee made by the firm, it can be taken into the branch «tore you are nearest and that store will, without delay, make the proper adjustment This ts particularly convenient to | those who purchase tires at “W jern Auto.” For example, you go jtouring and you have tire trouble | You are not obiiged to carry that j tire until you return to the “West ern Auto” store where you pur. chaned it. All that is necessary is to j@rop into the nearest “Western | Auto” store, submit the ‘tire for in | spection, and a replacement or re pairs w be made quickly and courteous When the Western Auto Supply company put their own tire, the Western Giant Cord, on several monthe 1 the market >. it was the grent [confidence which the motoring pub | lie placed in the company behind thie je it one of the most | Popular tires on the market from the j start, according to the company. The sloran, “Saving and Service} | He divides his pas- | accessory or tire is purchased, ff that | Both are Buick One has Four Cylinders—the other has Six The Buick nameplate on the radiator of a car is the mark of merit. Whether the car has four cylinders of six is of secondary importance. The vital fact is that it’s a Buick. The new Buick Four is the ideal automobile for the The Buick Six, perfectly appointed, with all the flexi- bility and smoothness of the six cylinder car at its best, has earned its position among motor cars as the Standard of Comparison. Choosing between the Four and the Six is simply a matter of size and price. Both are Buick. MAIL THIS COUPON NOW To get full and tn moéel in which you { coupon. It will not o! / EL DRIDGE-BUICK SALES CO. ATTLE, WASH. - 1922, Pease send me full details about Butck {fie ™ MODEL } ADDRESS Evripar 7g] SALES @ East Pike at Harvard ies Inia Repspatiics Los aes By Professor M. J. Elrod Chair of Biology, University of | Montana The American bison, or bgp which came so near to total ex- tinction about 1906, is now saved to the world, even if the majority of | Neches Fas the living animals are protected by | seattie-3 |large fenced ranges. Safe estimate | total number of enimals in the} world ts about 10,000. Of these| Canada has 5,080. The United States | jae 3.393. The few remaining ant- | “0 Son ‘Taue | mals are in European parke. | paginnee fair arava In 1886 the number of animals | Bellevec-Redmend—Patr. | was reduced to about 300, according | “eucee- Fell Clty—Oeed ow oot in places jto Hornaday. The American Bison | Bridge across Snoqualmie at Toit society, ” | _ Te reach Tolt, detour via Pall reanized to save the noble| 7° reech Tot a jantmal, aroused public sentiment to | Suct:"sa 2H | the dang of lowing entirely the ft- |mous animal of the great plains, et Rough tn brick pa’ Forest Oe North Trunk fesd te running east one-quarter mile of Bcho lake. e Forest Park-Nerth OLYMPIA—Miss Olta of Olympia, to succeed Mrs. W. Kelly, resigned, as assistant secre tary to Gov, Haft, When are you going to go? Wheré are you. going to go? BUT THE BURNING QUES. TION 18 “HOW ARE GOING TO GO?" O32 with a Smile.” coupled with a com. prehensive guarantee on al) goods it | wells, they may, has made the Wert ern Auto Supply company the larg ext automobile acce eatabiish. | ment in the world. An le their woxpel that this faith shell never be | broken w thelr many friends among the motoring public. | PLAN BIG FETE! Beginning Sunday | Celebrating the 28th anniversary f the landing of the first gold ship in Seattle from Alaska, the Yukon | Order of Pioneers will hold a three day Sun / The dance halls and gambling dens | of the gold rush days will be repro. 2 at the festival One of the features of the celebra. | tion will be a parade at 2 p.m. Mon. | arnival at the Arena, beginning | beginning at Virginia st. and | Second ave. down Second and up Third ave. | Hundreds of visitors are expected | here from the North, special rates having been offered by the steam ship companies. Repave Alki Ave. | Maj. Piper Urges! Declaring that the planking on the} road is worn out and will have to be | replaced if the street is not paved immediately, O. A. Piper, superin tendent of streets and sewers, recom mended to the city council Friday that Alki ave, be repaved. A public hearing t scheduled by the streets and sewers committee for July 31, i 1886, the great herds of millions! Sport ... --$1,050 | passed from their epen home on the} 1919 Buick T-pass, | plains thru the greed of man, a sad Touring .... 675 lesson in wanton wastefulness. Had 1920 Paige Larchmont cach imal thus recklessly de sa teeeeee 9o75 sthoyed brought no more to the gov. ist peng ernment than a dollar, the amount Sportster ....... 1,250 | would have more than equaled the i920 Essex Touring.. 825 purchase price of Alaska. 1918 Stutz Roadster., 950 The American bison range, con: Stutz Gpass.... 850 taining nearly 20,000 acres, is © few 1921 Overiand miles from Missoula, Mont. and now Roadster .....w 400 contains 430 American bison, in Model 90 Over cluding 40 spring calves; 25 prong meal =< 425 |horn antelope: 20 whitetatied deer; |[f 182! Chevrolet 40 black-tailed or mule deer; elk or ‘curing -.-.« 400 wapitl, £75. 1820 Chevrolet esa AR” Saad Touring 375 1919 Chevrolet Touring ......6 325 1918 Chevrolet Touring ....... 250 Here Is the Answer! raised a fund of over $10,000 for the purchase of a small herd, secured “BILL” has about seventy of congressional action for obtaining | the best rebuilt cars that suitable range, and undoubtedly were ever offered in- Seattie. Fvinstance: 1919 Reamer, 4-pass. saved the buffalo In a few years, from about 1882 to ALL Kinds of ROADSTERS, BUGS, STAGE CARS, VA- CATION CARS, FAMILY CARS AND BUSI NESS CARS All repainted, re-tired and guaranteed! NEVER MIND THE BY THOMAS KR BEEMAN. King County Engineer WEEK ENDING JULY 15, gy ah. * ALL PAVED ROADS BX SE MONEY "CAUSE SENT Wrst SIDR, “TN CONDITION “BILL WARNER” DS IN GENERAL ARK ND is a hound for trading. ° Your phonograph, that old a Vv Ds Rentow-Maple, Valley “Greve! tn good|ff Shotgun or grandma's old candition cedar chest, or, tn fact, most Renton-Bellevae—Renton to Kennyaate | open; Newport to Haselwood open Rarelwood to Kennydale closed; New port-Bellevue closed Kent-Biack Diamond miles out of anything has a valueto “Bi.” POSITIVELY THE EASIEST TERMS EVER OFFERED “See Bill Warner First” “SEE HIM NOW" OPEN EVENINGS AND INDAY 409 East Pime St, Pavement for 1% | Diamond — Gvod. Enumelaw -Franktin——Good Sunset Highway—Open in King county Issaquab-Fall City Excetient Fall Clty-North Bend—Baceiicat Good condition | |