The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 5, 1922, Page 7

y eitae ns Meant { # full ume. Pay in the week i Se ot A FIRM PUTS CART’ BEFORE HORSE ! Goodrich Co. Tells How It Cut Prices Prices have again been reduced ma ferially on all Goodrich tires, accord ing to an announcement from the company, Both the Silvertown Cords and the Goodrich fabric tires are in-} cluded The smal! car driver can get a Sil-| Yertown cord for $13.60. The price of the 35x65 largest stand @rd size for automobiles—is $49.30. Fabric tire prices range from $9.65 to $22 85 Quality has been maintained, it} Ae declared. The Goodrich factories | for months past have been working three shifts every working Out of the stump, | Which was severe thruout the rubber | fadustry, Goodrich nas pullt business Dack to ite present healthy, profitable Silvertown ®tandaris—by putting prices lower at every opportunity, according to the announcement ‘The circular states: “The manufacturer's problem tn | the past 18 months has consisted of Much more than the question of turning raw materials into the fin: | tuhed product. The great difficulty | has been to accomplish this process, Maintain quality, and do it all at a/ Price which would attract the public. | Goodrich found the answer to this! problem by putting the cart before | the horse, Starting from what rep. Teeented a fair retail price—and onti. | mating accurately the volume of bust ness which could be expected when Geos were offered at this price- the Goodrich company priced its tires accordingly, and stimulated business up to a point where produc tion was profitable at such figures. ‘The process is being repeated in the Present reduction of prices to a new Tow level.” GAS REPLACED — WITH ALCOHOL Winegrowers Fill Shortage in France | “Prohibition has been blamed for Many things. Now it must take the Fesponsibility for turning good hon est wine growers into distillers of al- | cohol mixtures,” observes @ national authority on motor fuel. ! The loss of the American and/ Russian wine markets forced the ‘French wine growers to acquire some | outlet for their product. The high Price of gasoline in France suggested turning grapes, ciders, betta, ete Into tndustrial alcohol, which coult de utilized as a motor fuel “During the war, necessity + quired the production of alcoho! 1 use in the manufacture of mun tions. As a strictly war measure French wine growers were encour aged by their government to produce & wine alcohol, which with the addi tion of gasoline proved an efficient motor fuel. | “At the end of the war, a tremen-| ous amount of alcoho! was on hand, } and the wine growers who had pre- duced it at the behest of the French ‘The The next step was the conver: | of this alcohol into a mixture | it was an efficient gasoline seat stitute. “For a long time, forward-looking | Frenchmen decried the dependence ot France upon faraway spota of the world for gasoline. There waa a| constant agitation for @ ‘carburant | national,’ 4. ¢., a mixture of gasoline | and alcohol. Chemists and scientists went to work on an alcohol mixture | whieh would not only be as efficient as gasoline, but would cost no more “Under the leadersitip of M. God chot, dean of the faculty of science of the University of Montpellier, the Proportions were worked out which utilized wine alcohol along with gaso- line. In the months of October and November alone, over 26,000,000 gal Jons of this mixture were produced, and to strengthen home industry the government is seriously considering making the use of this fuel compul- sory. “Probably France will become as famous in the future for her alcohol mixture as she was in the past for her champagnes and brandie: A German type of cycle car costs $22 at the present rate of exchange. | | It's a good idea to paint the rim| Buick cars in fire insurance occasionally to prevent rust. Buack's 1923 creations have arrived in Seattle and are on display at the Eldrelge-Buick) Sales Co.'s d play rooms at 802 E. Pike st. | the middle the four-cylinder, five-passenger model, and below the six-cylinder roadster. Several changes have greatly improved the closed models, according to the Buick repre-| week. \t in announced Lower roofs, slanting windshield posts, one-piece panela, clocks and white-| Worth is making a tour of the | sentatives. er mcstaattacte ——_ THE SEATT LE STAR Above is the new four-cylinder sedan, in | facing of all instruments have added to the appearance and eliminated many joints. All six-cylinder models have been lowered approrimately three inches, and all models have Staging this week display of 1923 Butc iredge-Buick Salen ing Seattle an opport fnew cara simultaneously rest of the country Fourteen types of eluding four new models, are tn the exhibit. The new ca jhere by special express from Flint, | Mich. Improvements tnct body and a higher the car # smart appearance. ly new one-piece crown fenders have A new gasoline tank 4 filler cap The control handle has been lengthened | guard ral been used and with specially ro been installed to facilitate gear sh equipped with a new type lock | pected to reduce theft insurance 20] changes and include the latest Buick per cent. Improvements also have raised the | added comfort from cians D to A * an elaborate the open models have been lowered | k models, the | consi: ferably giving a Co. here is giv-| CHANGES IN unity to see the) THE FOURS with the} A leg room ylinder roadster the together with | In the four-e |new and Jonge motor cars, In-|the higher radiator and cowl, give the car a longer and lower appear re were shipped | ance The three-passenger coupe has ar | jextra large luggage compartment tr ude & low-slung | the rear with a flush rear deck door radiator, giving re five-passenger sedan carries Entire-| new and longer body with a new and longer front seat steering gear | . touring sedan of the four haa} cylinder type haa extra wide doors, transmission | floor heater, trunk rack and nickel itting and ts) The six-cylinder models mechani-| €x-jcully all incorporate the same | | spring improvement, sald to insure | rating The 1923 sport is offered as one of The seats In all the most attractive models. It has/ Twelfth and East Pike Prices have just been reduced from $175.00 to $275.00 You can now buy a 6-44 Oakland 5-passenger car for $1,190, delivered TERMS: $400 down, balance on twelve payments NORTHWEST OAKLAND CO. We will move September 1 to corner Pike Street at Terry Avenue East 0222 ot eal-| the new Buick spring suspension, which has produced a notable ease in riding. Elaborate Display | of Buicks Staged a new type of rigid trunk rack, trunk and nickel guard raila, mounted on of the body. A new top of pecisl material is a combination of and nickel binding h been 4 in the standard equ ipme with a nickeled ra r, dumb. ap and me r, an adjustal sunshade, rear on mirror, leather mmed instrument board, comb om clock und speedometer, cigar | cleaned in a similar manner, Jemery removes the glaze from the! | show up by bubbles Expert Tells How to Clean Spark Plugs ussing the best methods of plugs, Monroe | the Western Auto recently Iald down ing rules: cleaning spark of Pinnell, Supply the foll “Spark plugs may be divided into two distinct classes; The type which may be readily taken apart and the! type which does not come apart “In the case of the two-piece plug, the porcelain core should be removed and carbon deposit scraped off. The metal shells and points should be 1M Se “Care should be taken tn reassem- | bling this type of plug that the points | be adjusted to the proper gap, and the} porcelain core undamaged. “Contrary to popular emery cloth should never be used for cleaning spark plugs, There is dan ger of the emery dust being carried Into the cylinders. opinion, Furthermore, | porcelain core, greatly increasing | carbon adhesion, thereby causing| Companies | claim defection of 12 states from the |and we will take no action until we short-cireults. Powerful ineurance agencies,|4: A. A. with @ total membership of | have definite assurance that these “The one-piece type of plug can|which failed, with the ald of a few |*2YwWhere from 200,000 to 400,000) clubs have finally withdrawn from beat be cleaned by scraping the car-|disgruntied office seekers, to obtain| ™¢™Mbers. As there were not 400,000| the A. A. A. The American Autome bon sith @ eliarp-polated katte ? of the American Automobile | embers in the A. A. A. at the time, | bile association is too big and toe “Where the carbon is excess association at St, Louis, were large R har rere the carbon ip excessively | im rexponsible for the withdrawal of |. "It @ppeara significant,” says Dai |of these men, and ft will continue tm hard the plug may be reconditioned | rev eiviegations and the attempted |i L4Wis, acting executive chairman | the future, ag it has in the past, to be ath pen Payne gece focination of a now orvaniwation act (ht & Ae A-~ “that ‘theme men | the champion of the motorists of $i : vt y tee a wt Doge ot} {ficlls of tho A. A. A. | *hould charge the A. A. A, with ‘com-|nation in city and state.” plug may be cleaned by soaking over} O OSEICIEIS OF e a2 - ~ 7 ites sintneitiiainene: ue anata aeneunemmnnin night in kefeene—the carbon residue] This contention is borne out by an = may then be quickly removed with a| @ditorial in the National Underwrit | sharp knife jer, the leading insurance magazine, s rT You will find that « spark plug is| they point out, which gives credit to 6 | more readily removed if the threads | the following insur agents: J. A | are wiped with a good graphite when | Giberson, of Alton, Ill.; B. Haywood tha bine to put la |Hagerman and Frank Furgason “From time to time, it is a wise| Kansas City, Mo.: Edward A. Win plan to test a spark plug for leakage | tr. of Cincinnati and Percival F Knowlton, of Ashtabula, ©. for the #quirt oll around the base and into i. na a Bf " oy ‘iy | break which led the Illinois, Ohio In “exchange” for “Automobiles.” In fact we will, for the next the whell—the leaks will immediately A ximple remedy for removing carbon from an oily plug is to fill the plug with gasoline, invert and ght the fuel. The heat will dry the oll and permit you to remove all car bon by scraping of brushing with a} wire brush,” Files as Candidate } | for County Clerk | W. B. Chambers, of Kirkland, is | the first opponent who has appeared test County Clerk rant’s campaign for | Chambers filed Friday on the demo. ratio ticket Two other Gemocrats who filed | were Clarence L. Gere, for senator m the 32nd district, and G Hodgdon, for representative, district. J. A. Freasure, Enumclaw, filed for Justies of the peace on the republican ticket George Gen. Farnsworth to Inspect Ft. Lawton Maj. Gen. Charlies H. Farnsworth chief of infantry, will make an in spection of the troops and general conditions at Fort Lawton next Gen. Farn covering all sections of his branch jot service. |Declares Railroad Conditions Improve “Conditions are continuing to tm | prove” on Missourl, Kansas & Texas railroad lines, according to a tele gram from Freight Traffic Manager George T. Atkins, in St, Loula, to Lewis T. Thoman, representative Ir this city. “Shipments are getting thru terminals in good shape, an passenger trains are maintaining re ular schedules,” Instrument Jamp and nickel | ued. transmission control and eeenipereneearecne brake lever | According to statistics an average een jof 450 ar is con Monrovia, ¢ of Liberia, has| sumed three automot | States |GASSAWAY MIL ES BY STAN| THIS MUST BE OUCH"! THE BLACK AND BLUE HIGHWAY !! _ ont: A STRANGE ROAD GASSAWAY PILOT/NG A COUPLE + OF CUSHION HUGGERS OVER WHAT UNDERTAKER SUGGESTED TMs ROAD? —1TS Too LATE NOW ~ WE RE IN FOR A TAIL SPIN OR A NOSE DIVE TH’ANSWER |S Pore Nea CHARGE PLOT 10! DESTROY A. A. A. Officials Flay Insurance < COR ts Albert otorcycle daredevils of all Germany compete in the annual race at Gruenewald, chuster, of Chemnitz, finished first. | several of the fillbustering clubs) merctaltzing’ itself, inasmuch as the were prevent and agreed | A. A. A, does not now and never has The protest, like thar against the | sanctioned insurance as a feature of | Ohio State association, charged with | its national organization. It has mo |faleifying ite in paying | jurisdiction as to what its affiliated membership dues to the A. A. A.,| clubs may do. | were both ignored and both delega-| “We do not believe that the gen- | tions seated, san A. A. A. com-|eral membership of these clubs is | munteation. | behind the men who ere planning @ | The bolters immediately began to| new so-called national organization, accounts he validity of the claim ts obvious.| strong to be hurt by the withdrawal re-election. | the telegram contin jand Indiana state associations, with & fow scattering clubs, to withdraw {from the A. A. A. meeting. These ‘Interests immediately start ed the formation of another national organteation, called variously in their | | began issuing attacks on the A. A. A. | j claiming It to be a “commercialized | | concern,” dealing in insurance, not | withstanding that they knew at the time that the A. A. A. does not han | die insurance, | The grounds for the bolt were that the € ago Motor club had not been |legally elected to membership and executive board meeting at which | the Chicago club was legally admit-| ted and at which representatives of | | established F. O. B. Seattle. New Superior Models soe e546 Chassis .. Roadster .. Touring Genuine 12th and East Madison PHONE EAST 0128 ten (10) days “trade” for most, “anything.” such as ‘shotguns,” rifles and any kind of “hunting” equipment, Also household and ottics “furniture.” WE HAVE “Automobiles” of all descriptions. Big ones, Little ones. Medium too many for any one “man”—so, IF YOU HAVE ANY “Trading stock” come in and see “Bill Warner,” and ses him now. Remember, we will give you a year to pay for the “car,” OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS BEST OF TERMS. WE TRADE 409 EAST PINE ST. Model %-Ton Capacity Bevel Gear Drive Fisher St. Phone 1923 Price f.o.b. Factory OLDSMOBILE MOTOR CO. Freight, war excise taxes and handling included: G. Speed Truck $787 All Enclosed Models Are Equipped With Bodies, Cord Tires and Rear Gasoline Tanks With Vacuum System Chevrolet is still the Lowest Priced, Completely Equipped Car in the world, The Fred S. Haines Co. | literature the Natknal Automobile | ones. “Expensive” ones. Less expensive oner, and some “darn” association and the American Mo cheap ones. And we will “trade” on any one of them or “all of torists association, and immediately them"—for, as you can “Judge” by this “advertisement,” we have |that its delegates should not be | sit" "es ese’ «el! WARNER AUTO COMPANY meeting, by the minutes of the EAST 0255 NEW PRICES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY _ Owing to reductions in.factory list prices, announced by the Chevrolet Motor Company, and recent adjustment of freight rates, ° the following prices have been F. B. Models Roadster .......$1,045 Touring .... $1,072 Light Delivery Model T Truck Col Utility Coupe. One-Ton Capacity VOUPE «+ +++... 81,557 ¢Pine.: Ocdad, Worm Drive Sedan .........81,630 Bedan ..... $1,260 Above prices include all standard equipment, built in at factory , ~ Phone East 1442 Glendale 0895 $1095 Georgetown Branch, North End Rainier Brewery Premises 1000 EAST PIKE ST.