The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 9, 1922, Page 7

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922. FLAT RATES T0 RULE OAKLAND Special Pamphlets Being | Sent All Dealers The clumination of years of in tensive experimental k in the} Standartization of service has re: | sulted in the Oakland Motor Car company sending to every Oukland branch, distributer and dealer in the United States, a copy of a booklet | entitled, “The Oakland Flat Rate System,” containing the results of these experiments. | The object of these books, accord ne to W. KR. Tracy, assistant sales manager, te to Institute a flat rat system of charges thruout the whole Oakland service organization. The flat rate xystem has for some time been in operation among Oak land branches and distributors, and bas given such good results that it is now the purpose of the company to extend the fate rate system to the whole organization, | The booklet contains descriptions of 43 operations, detailed step dy step—an outline for the dealer ser vice organization to check up his] shop in order to place it on a flat rate basis, The time required is given in each operation, but not the | gost of labor, because it varies in| different communities. Within an-} other month description of additional! | Operations will be sent out to the! dealers to place in these books, and | from time to time other operations. | R. A. Armstrong, manager of the | THE SEATTLE STAR Mix Little Gas and Water AU Get Fuel for Carburetor | ag service department of the Odtkland| C. F. Degner illustrating the principle of his fuel gener- Motor Car company, these outlines of operation permit the dealer to predetermine the cost! Tuke two-thirds gasoline and one. of repair operations and permit him |third water, Mix them in your gaso to tell the car Owner, after Mspec-|line tank, press the starter and off tion of his automobile and before | you will go! actually performing the repair work,| This surprising combination is the it repairs are required and what fuel for a new form of automotive they will cost. device to take the place of the car- “The records assist the dealers in| buretor, It is the invention of C. F the small towns in placing their re-| Degner, of Los Angeles Pair department on a basis of oper. | Degner calle his invention a fuel ation equal to the distributing or.!generator, Tests of it were made re Ganizations in the large cities," ex.|cently at the Pratt Institute in plains Mr. Armstrong, “and permit | Brooklyn, N. ¥., where it was said them to fill a demand that is con. |the. device was superior to 32 carbu Stantly growing in the minds of all /retors of different makes which com Automobile owners.” | 4 The time specified for each oper-| @tion ix based on actual time study { ar e S of each operation as performed by a Mechanic of average ability and with the ordinary socket wrenches and tools found in most all dealer repair pare By multiplying the time re quired by the labor rate per hour.) 4x interesting phenomenon in the the dealer obtains the flat rate) tire world in the oun year has been charge. By adding the charge for) the celerity with which the horde| lates that!) ator, (Inset) the generator im place. | | Jpeted with it, The ge tor ts constructed on the prince that @ current of alr passing thru the mixture of water and gasoline will cause the forma tion of a fuel gas, It te installed in the dame relative position as the car buretor, but with a larger ake pipe. Another pipe leads to the ex haust, from which the air pressure in taken. | Degner says this fuel not only tx cheaper, but it will produce m miles on a gallon than pure gaso- Hine wilt Glutted — ore With Flimsy Tires that any cord tire was bound to be a good tire The fact of the matter ts that their attitude toward « limit on Firm Now at 1424 11th) ree ene rates tatorine Ave.; Better Facilities | thon league. | The question put to each was The Seattle Automobile Sales Co., | of which H, P. Grant is manager, | vigorously supported by those who. | Results of a canvans of all leg | islative candidates in Seattle on “There in « statewide movement |distriuters for the Haynes and/for years, have been over-burdened é | Cleveland automobiles, has moved! by heavy and even confiscatory | study it, and think I will be able to| from its old location at 1101 KB, Pike|taxes and correspondingly heavy | support it.” jst to Ite own building at 1424 11th! rents, to have a state law enacted | SENATORIA! ave The ervice station fronts on | limiting taxes levied against prop. 12th ave, with & level Moor extend: |erty to a maximum of 40 milla, or ing back to the shop, which i# much cent of actual valuation, If larger and better equipped. The saenre ing fitted w some of the non 11th ave. is be | your best efforts to secure the enact and bax on display | ment of such a law? Ww Anappy models of} All of the candidates have not yet Haynes and Cleveland motor cars. | replied, but the following answers | | have been submitted | a [SENATORIAL DISTRICT NO. 30) John RK. Stout says: “I am in favor rv) of any law that will reduce our | | present tax burden, provided it is not | unreasonabl | | Chas. B, Guiberson says, “Yes.” | \ se ATORIAL, DISTRICT NO. 31 . t : Paul er 1 end Splendid Engineering Staff jorr hers tor the 40 mill timiun Built Up line Seamed dee. et ae ee ‘That the Maxwell Motor corpora: | enough, and, in my opinion, with the tion, under the guidance of William | necessary additions thereto, can be Robert Wilson, president put thru the next session of the leg. up the most complete personnel, | islature. hax been known to the industry for | possible many months | James J. McDonald ray lL. C, Freeman, executive engineer! Paul Shomaker says, ‘Yea, esting announcement this week re | many sufferers.” garding pron ne in hin division. | SENATORIA Freeman has appointed FE. A. Nel son chief engineer, directly respon wedly: alae sible to him for the work of the en-!4n property gineering branches, Claude Sausedde| ( y gmith says: “If that te the has been appointed assistant chief! most expedient method to pursue for engineer, In charge of the designing |tne state, 1 am in favor of it department, having supervision over | bk chassis, body and equipment design NATORIAL DISTRICT NO. 33 iittam Wrey says “Y unless tng, while H. EK. Maynard has been | appointed assistant chief engineer, | "OM*thing better appear in charge of all the technical sections ‘7 ain ae neem pe ae of the department. John Squires waa made annistant to the chief engineer, | in charge of the administrative work of the department. } Nelson's responsibility with the] Hupp over a period of years, and/| Rauredde’s work with General | Motor are we neetion with the Maxwell interests | make him invaluable to both engin. Enforced eering and manufacturing depart | ments. With this variety of expe | JUdge Austin E. Griffiths, candi 4 |date for the republican nomination DISTRICT Clarence L. Gere anys, rience, the Maxwell is guarantee sound and progreanive engineering |r United States senator, had a bebind its product for years to come, |%U*Y Program of speeches be Mr. Freeman points out that these | bor unions alwad of him for Satur Materials the total charge is ob-|of unscrupulous tire makers which/|cord tires must now be bought with, appointments are in recognition of |48¥ afternoon and evening tained. | | ; | “The people must stand like » | flood the tire markets with fimay)as much discrimination as any oth-) the ability and energy displayed tn The thought back of the whole/tires at cut-rate prices has taken/er tires, for the market Is #0 full| the engineering of the Maxwell dur.| feck for law enforcement,” the ing is that “he who serves|advantage of the high reputation|of cord tires of uncertain merit that| ing the past year Judge said Friday night, in dis BEgEte most.” made by makers of standard cord|there ts no guarantee that @ tire} eri cussing his opposition to any tires and has taken to making #0 called cord tires under new and strange names, but in which the in their discredited fabric brands. One of the most remarkable and clear-cut achievements of reputable makers of tires in the past decade has been the development of the With High Gas, Tax, Only | cord tire. tt is beyond question that a well-constructed cord tire ts Rich Can Afford Them a distinct advance over a fabric tire. Since the coming of the high grade cord tire motoring has taken “With gasoline selfing at 65 cents! 1. an added pleasure due to the hy oealhewy cee gy oy (22 | tact that the improved type of tire comparatively rich man in Engiand! the | months and seasons at a time with 0 gy glint Ne igo yeni Jout the slightest tire trouble fore of “Enainesring Production.” «|, Taking advantage of the fact that moet’) my . ure , jthe name “cord” has meant a Keding English techwical journal.’ o¢ proved superior quality, men " * who have no re; Plant of the Cadillac Motor Cur com.| M0 AN? Te Tite industry have kay interesting slclights on! #0ne into the manufacture of filmsy © ped @ golden Motoring in the Britisn isles wei] Cord tires and have reaps’ a weet Related by *he ensinear du-ing his| Arvest from people who trip thew the Cadillac factory. He Stated that the largest preduition} | ef any motor car concern in Eng-| Jand was made by the Austin carat Birmingham which makes 131 Ce | @ week. This machine selix me Bbout $5,000. | t | Custom-made bodies are almost! universally the rule in Engiand, ac-} cording to Davey. He explained| Huge Increase Is Shown in that all these who could afford a A ies stor car" proterred (0 have} Importations &n individual body, especially after| pointe Paying the heavy price asked for} The moat notatre Increase In pas- eh imported car. senger car shipments during July The erfipicyment situation is much | took place in British India, where in better in Engiand at present, u| place of the average monthiy ship. cording to the engineering journal! ments of 80 cars during the past} editor During Jane 70,000 men months, 209 were imported during went back to work Labor trouble, July, valued at $136,062. This in at present is negligible. Salarien,| creased demand is yurtly due to the however, are low, even men whol increased Indian import tariff, which head the smaller automobile con |ig more detrimental to high-priced | cerns rarely receive over $5,000 #| Kuropean cara than to the lower: | r Service on automobiles is improv-| can factories. New Zealand imported the standard maintained in the|ing July as compared with 169 in ’ United States. Cadillac is the best) June, and Australia took $24 against known of American fine cars in| 805. The United Kingd&m imports England, according to Davey. The! of passenger cars from Canada in English editor went from the Carlil-| creased from 368 during June to 612 lac factory to Chicago, then visited! in July, while South America main Milwaukee, Dayton and Indianapolis) tained {ts quota of the previous | before his return home. He is seo }month with 266 passenger cars. retary of the English society which! Argentina imported 74 as compared corresponds to the Soclety of Indus-| with 34. trial Engineers in this country, “Australia was agnin the largest ea importer of automotive products AT THE present rate of consump-|from Canada, having taken 112 tion there would be enough fuel to| motor trucks and $61,240 worth of last the United States for 100 years.| parts, as well ay the largest number we of passenger ¢ars. New Zealand, STEER IN the direction of the| with 42 trucks, reached second place whi in truck shipments.” MOVED To Our Own Building Where we can give better attention to all our cus- tomers— Salesroom, 1424 11th Avenue Service Station, 1427 12th Avenue Haynes and Cleveland Distributors SEATTLE AUTOMOBILE SALES CO. Phone East 0462 H. P. GRANT, Seattle’s First Dealer has made it possible to ride for! , year. | priced cars of Canadian and Ameri. | in England, but is not quite up| 380 passenger cars from Canada dur- | wy Shadsant =” “| STANDARD 8 IS A fabric tire of standard quality can be bought for about the same Price, and in some cases for lens than these off-color cords, and will [give much better service. While) }@ good cord tire is better than a j wood fabric tire, it should not be forgotten that there are plenty of fabric tires on the market that will make any but the very best cord tires step lively to prove their su 'periority. The art of building good fabric tires has been progressing along with the art of building good ds and a wealth of satisfaction may be got out of a ret of high |erade fabric tires. A good fabric tire is immeasurably better than a poor cord ra for the yrepu-) | PUT A tablespoonful of kerosene into each cylinder once a week to| keep the engine free of carbon, | $2,600 to $2,395, f. 0. b. factory. modification of the Volstead act, before « large audience in * test of CUT IN PRICE] “ateovernment “is tne wittine ness of the people to obey the Effective Sept. 1, a lowertng of| laws of their choosing. °, price of two Standard eight models} “What would be gained by repeal | was announced. The seven-passen|or modification? Violations would | ker touring car and the four-pas|oniy increase, ‘The result would bw |OTevious six months: The Columbia river district also liost, for ite commerce of $7 of $1,200,000, or 1 nenger sport were reduced from This reduction, of models that « year ago were priced at $3,400, evidence of the progress being tmade/r» thrown into the vortex of antl at the big Standard planta in the|ijquor agitation matter of giving the buying publte| full advantage of the bixger vol ume production, and the leseening in manufacturing costs revulting| therefrom. crusade and campaign for a stricter repeated—or tts teeth drawn.” jtition of child jabor with. adult | abo jstates where child labor ts for | bidden “Hf Tam elected,” he sald, “I will work for a new on that ject, ax well as an amend: ment to the constitution.” USE THE motor as a brake going down hill. DRAIN THE gasoline tank of sedl nt regularly labor and capital and the cost | Our Wanda Was in It] )\s" wn ve minions | By Wanda von Kettler | No doubt about it, they will all | be elected. | About 26 of us girls decided | | Friday night to hold a political | rally, so invited a few of the | candidates to come up to one of | the girl's house and celiver | speeches on their policies and | so forth. | Our iden firet of all was to hold he rally exclusively for Matt Star ich, candidate for reelection as sheriff. We decorated the piano and the stairway with “Vote for Star wich” posters, and practiced a little | “Rah-rah-rah-Starwieh it. | Then we called up the eampaign headquarters. Come to find out, Mr Starwich had only five places at | which to present himself last night b50 we said we'd be content with one |of his speakers, provided that speak: | lor be William D, Downey | #0 William 1D. Downey came out }to the house. We girls clustered around, relieving hins of his coat and |hat and his easy expression, and) on his words for the sheriff. Well, William D. Downey said we'd have to stand back before all 26 of us went into the living room and sat down, while he erected himself in a corner and proceeded to ask us just what we wanted, “A speech!" yelled we, all impa- tlence. “A speech, of course, about Matt Starwich.” So the speech began—a beautiful one. We cheered loudly. “Mr. Starwich,” spoke William D. | Downey, “has beeA a deputy under every sheriff for 20 years, He ts fea less, courageous. Hig record speaks for iteelf.” “ny yelled we. “ ‘Ray! | Hix office,” continued Wil. | liam D, Downey, “is a place of | system, Every man in his em | ploy accounts for every moment of time spent while on duty, His qpunty jail is a place of system | and sanitation— “ "Rey!" yelled we = again “ RAY!" "Girle—giris,” spoke William D. | Downey, “just a minute—" “phat’s all right,” anid we: “go | abead and talk, It doesn't bother us. | HOORAY" i pleading with him to begin at once) ro, senator, and William A. Gilmore, he could really say anything, so | | | about politica, “Mate Starwich hasn't had one [ers were to be chained to their jobs Jall break,” yelled the speaker, |by law, They must not quit for “something which hasn't hap- [of punishment. Thus they w pened for five sherif(s back, and, | reduced to a condition of servitude what's mor yell, “he's decreased the sherift's against past experience and wholly budget $11,000.” contrary to the federal constitution, With that we just about brought | Which emphatically prohibits slavery down the roof, and William.D. Dow ney, making for the hat rack, seized | hin belongings and escaped out the front door ountry “Senator Poindexter was fundamentally wrong on this vital subject. The nation ts go | ine from bad to worse—we are constul and we'd all had such @ £004] jn bog. Nothing but con time that we didn’t want it to end eieaiive fecailiinn Wik heb ts We decided to get on the phone it. As to the Spokane © and invite up a few more candidates, | ———___. even “Big political rally going on up| the atreet,” said we to them over the wire, “and you're wanted.” “Well, naid most of them, we've Kot several meetings but we'll be there Well, the party had been so suc And up they came—William A Gaines, for county treasurer, re election; Lillian Meehan Levi, repub- lean candidate for representative Alice M, Lord, republican candidate also a republican candidate for state senator: We decided we were for all of William A. Gilmore was the only one who bothered us In the least, It wasn't that we op- posed in any way his fervent de c sire to smash the Hart political TOURING machine at Olympia; it was just 5 ty Kaulpy $114.00) something that he said to us (ee personally, ct Said he, “Now I'll tell you what COUPE I'l do. 1 explain all this to you} bang # girls very simply—so that even you | will be able to understand,” We had our faces all get to yell again, when it suddenly dawned ‘Terms Include Intere Anyway, it was a lot of fun, and we're just wondering if we couldn't possibly hold another meeting fore the election, We're just CRAZY ~ DADWAY as TOSALES C0. |Candidates’ Views on Maximum Levy'FIRST AUTO RUN. SENATORIAL jrun the government.” Hastings ayn, pistricr No. a7), can be rained from new sources.” elected, will you support and use| do all I can to equaliz Tripple says better measure.” NTATIVE 40TH #0 stated publicly.’ J. A. McKinnon says Costello says also a limit on valuations.” when drawn wil} not efficient government.” | "If 1 could be properly applied and not equipped = engineering personne! Ralph D, Nichols says: “Yes, if choke our progress, you may be sure I will work for i? Ferguson nays “Yes.” en, moat | of the corporation, makes an inter-|emphatically yes; 1 am one of the NO. 32 | raised from othe to get fair valuation of W. EB, Priestiey Mrs. Hugh ©. |it should not be necessary to levy REPRESENTATIVE 42D George T. Erickson says: “Yes, am in favor of @ state law of this! yes.” SEATTLE TRADE IN BIG CROWTH Increase is. 27 Per Cent! Over Last Year ‘nown, Marnard tong con.| SAYS Volstead Act Must Be | Proof that Seattle and Washington ports are making heavy gains in ex ports and imports i contained in of government by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Friday from | According to these figures, which | are for the six months ending June 30, the exports and importa of the Washington customs distri@ (Seatue headquarters) were jan increase of $50,900,000, or 27 per|court Friday. Stuart, who died in e Ban Franc Hlbridge Stuart, president of per cent with a total of $267,800,000, ¥ be or a decreane of $4 $220,100,000, or 10,000 from the | that at once the temperance and business people would start another '*\iaw. The whole country would aguin | Per cent |miles from Los Angeles, was at the Tnkenn honest and dry senators are elected, the Volstead act may be |¥8* 47 Increase of $700,000, or 2 per previous year figures are exclusive of the 4” shipments, which are cred. ited to the port of final destination. He also spoke of the unfair compe: | and with the business of Seattle each tonnage is credited to the New York | The “in bond” ship: ments thru this district are consider of any other ‘Huge Political Rally! and ¢ judge went into the subject | a pee alth Officers in Coast Association Health officers of Oregon. California and British Colum convening in Seattle. expected Saturday to undertake the * he proceeded to [Such laws are ethically wrong, are believed by the physicians that would bring jor involuntary servitude in this |that are peculiar to the’ coast l= | “it is the old case of the blind leading the blind into the ditch 1 45.00, 9784.00. Fully A and OU—F, 0. 1. Seattle jupon us, We're still thinking about | that remark, but we're trying not | to let it interfere with our good judgement The candidates eseaped:in a body explaining they had numerous other appointments to keep e girls re mained and drank lemonade and ate | wafers, not being quite certain, whether or not reguinr political rallies usually ended that way or not uranee, ¢ conjunction therewith the necessary | will go the limit.” Thos. F. Murphine says: “Yes, it! NATORIAL DISTRICT NO. 35/ there in & companion measure | Indiana Historical Body no direct ap raiwe the balance necessary, if any, to Approves Movement if consistent with expenditure pro gram, and not giving rive to new taxes on other commodities oy 4 historical commis 1 in collecting, compil- The Ind sion, interest | William Phelps Totten says: “Yes, | dew.” ing and preserving history of Thrond T. Bugge says, “Yes.” | Indiana, has commenced the move . Hodgdon says, “You leave’ ment looking toward the erection of no #pace to answer.” a marker on the site where Amer John K, McClung says, “Yea.” | jca’s first automobile made its initial REPRESENTATIVE 43D run in 1894 DISTRICT ‘The commission declares: “eam Ralph KR. Knapp says: “Will sup- | far-reaching results which the devel- port a bill limiting taxes to 2 per| opment of the automobile has had cent of actual valuation.” upon American life e not Mrs, Sarah B Jer nays, “Yen.” been surpassed by any industrial Maude Vahibusch says,:Yes.” event in modern history. It has REPRESENTATIVE 41TH served to bring communities closer DISTRICT together; has broken down the bar Georgo F. Meacham says, “Yes.” | riers between different sections of Mrs. Maude Sweetman anys, | the cou has enabled mankind to “Yes.” penetrate the most distant points im Fred W. Kelly says: “I believe that | our land; has made it possible for the 40-mill limit is too high; am in| millions of city dw ts to enjoy the favor of holding the levy down by | @reat outdoors, and has enabled the law, an well as holding down the ex-| residents of urban communities to penditures,”’ | share the advantages of the cia wn ‘ . |in short, it bas knitted the diffe REPRESENTATIVE 49H | Co nmunities of our land. into, OMe | strong national union. Provincialiam ané sectionaliam are rapidly disap. pearing because of the effects of this Chas, W. Saunders says: “Yen, if balance can be equitably and fairly adjusted.” p Po, one industrial development; a solide C. O. Quathiem says, “Yes | ified, « ct nation of people is fast REPRESENTATIVE 47TH taking place in our land. DISTRICT | “The name of Elwood Haynes will Mrs. Anna K. Colwell says, “ take its place in history alongside Morris L. Malakoff says, that of Eli Whitney, who gave to louls M, Lang says, “Yes.” | the world the cotton gin in 1793; with J. M. Clapp says: “At this time this | Robem Fulton, the inventor of the seems worthy of support.” steamboat in 1809; with George O. L. Willett says: “Yes, and then | Stephenson, the inventor of the rail- will try to see that in future years | road locomotive in 1814; and with Elias Howe, the inventor of the sew- maximum.” ing machine in 1844, Charles H, Heighton says: “Indiana is proud to add another will” landmark to the nation’s history.” Rotert H. Hiller says; “Yes, - OF MONTANANS HENE| AFTER 90 YEARS whom were one-time Montanans, attended the Montana club dance park at the new DeHoney hall Friday piece Model of Cadillac Is night Indian feathers and to- | Bought by Factory kens of Montana days were given as favors to the guests Glenn MeLeod, barber and Mon 1 In celebration of its 20th birthday fanan, saw that every Montana |/as producer of Cadillac cars, the guest registered, and has an-|/| Cadillac Motor Car company has nounced that within one week all || purchased for itself, as a birthday nares will be placed in order that || present, a little one-cylinder Cadillac all former residents of the state || automobile bullt in 1902. The Cad- may learn from him of others || iilac organization ts 27 years old and who are here from their own || began building autos in 1899, but did home towns, |not take the name of Cadillac until aeenennenecccacngeaneem? | 1969 The ancient one-lun; c] AN ESTATE valued at $135,000 ts chugged its way up to pee left by Robert A. Stuart, whose will| acre plant of the Cadillac conipany was filed for probate in superior|in Detroit, the other day, without faltering. President H. H. Rice took Pe the grandfather of type 61 out for a |) epin and returned pronouncing Carnation Milk Products company. od car “fit asa fiddle ™ ie spe The model A “Caddie” has a urved hood concealing the water tank, a chain drive, and a moter amidships. It cranks from the side. —_—__ DENVER IS the motor gateway to |c 12 national parks and 32 national monuments. | A “Four” That Sets A New Standard The 1923 Buick Four Touring—$1,075 In beauty of appearance, dependability and economy of operation the Buick four-cylinder pay erage Touring has established ah entirely new standard for cylinder cars. Its low body with its clean, straight lines, accentuated the high radiator and straight hood, give it a long, racy poo fr pix raed to cars of its class. Massive crown fenders add to this inction, as do the snug-fitting, shapel; and the hand- some drum-type head and cowl lamps. oad And with this beauty has come @ new riding comfort. The seate are deep and low with full leg room in both compartments. The steering column has been changed in position to increase driving ease and the gear shift lever has been raised to meet the driver's hand. A transmission lock, a windshield adjustable from the in- side, and a transmission-driven likewise are among the many new refinements of this model. Material changes also have been made in motor, chassis, and body construction which contribute still further to the wonderful per- formance record characteristic of Buick cars for twenty years, DELIVERED PRICE Model 23-4-35 Five-Passenger Touring SIXES 28-6-41 Five-pass. Touring v ROMER vssence asane $2,210 ORS a 8-44 Roadster, 1400 3-6-45 Touring. 1.435 3-6-47 Sedan 2,270 test .. 8 875 6-48 Coupe 2.180 Roadster 1,050 49 . Touring 1,690 Touring. 1075 50 Sedan... 2,405 Coupe... 1,285 Sedan... 1,623 Touring . . eo Touring ELDRIDGE SV SALES @ East Pike at Harvard East 0842 When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them (lots eae an l ldridge Bute 802 B. F Mail This Coupon for mp 1923 Buick mov I Pleas SP iokue | Name ‘ 1923 Buick Catalogue ee avil AUTHORIZED DEALERS Address