The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 16, 1922, Page 7

\\\\! BALANCE IN 18 MONTHS No need of reméving your hand fem the steering wheel—if you evo a Ford, and have the lever shown here attached. It ts the in- The button is placed on the of the steering post and the reaches from it toward the wheel. All that is needed pull the lever. 4 engine backfires contin- ‘Rously check up the wiring and tim- 1922 FORD COUPE. This popu- lar body style has been hard to get from Ford dealers. This one is brand new, run only from Ford factory to our place. It is the jatest model out--BRAND new. Terms. 1917 FORD TOURING. We guarantee this Ford to give you more transportation for the price we ask than any car in Seattle. FORD ONETON WORM DRIVE—1920 model, with Candy large commerctal body. FORD LIGHT DELIVERY— For quick, light delivery, here is exactly what you want. Suitable for bakery or grocery. Just a little cash down—Pay the balance as it is earned, DODGE SEDAN—1918 model. Just out of paint shop. Winter is coming and you'll want a cloned car. Our price is within your reach. 1920 DODGE ROADSTER— Always in demand, this Dopular make roadster, 1919 = OLDSMOBILE or ROADSTER—Lots of power and class to this job. 199 HUPMOBILE TOURING. This one can be made into bed. Ideal for fishing trips. Good tires, 1920 PAIGE ROADSTER— The big advantage of this roadster is its room. You will be surprised at the low price we ask, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER STANDARD - MAKE CARS SELLING FROM $200.00 TO $600.00. SANDS MOTORS CO. EAST 0991 1016 East Pike Street WT rg WILL BUY A Broadway at Pike , HT ui UTO COURTESY NEW LEXINGTON DRIVE PLANNED! MAKES POPULAR Little Green * and White | Manufacturers Proud of Stickers to Be Used Closed Models Automobiles in all parts of the Representing a new conception of | ' | ! | | United States will soon be bearing | comfort and refinement, the new Se on their windshields a little green| ries 22 cloned car line of the Lexing: | ana white sticker with “AUTOMO. |‘. just announced, is remarkable it a not only In the price of each model. BILW-COURTESY™ in large letters! nue in their eaperanes of otrictest over the name of the local auto-!economy of operation and small up | mobile club, indieating that the driv-| keep cost, according to officials of er of this car in obserting the cour. Parsons Motor Co, local distributers tesy campaign being conducted by gone Wri Sas paproventa montha of study, in which the changed condi the American Automobile assocls-! ions in the automobile industry-have!| tion in connection with the Chicago! been given full play. The line in | Automobile Trade association and) cludes a full four-passenger coupe, a| | ee aa + of | te top models. | “We ve t per cent of} s the automobile accidents which| Manufacturing facilities such as happen on the highways of the og 4 4 tune os fee age aon wpere © sumer of ares, sifilieted | thru the Use Of a little automo-| MDs are working together, make | bik * Be — le courtesy," sald Dal H. Lewis.) rie coupe is regarded as a wonder. | ful closed car. Beauty h been com | | the “Courtesy cost ogy i DOHIDE bined with utility in its « ‘A full four-passenger car, it provides | greater results than any other element entering into the driv se Grtv- san abundance of luggage space for de.| Popping trips. ling of an automobile, | “Real automobile courtesy |mands that we give the other fel-| Jt i & car of peculiar appeal to | low his share of the road: that we| Women. Lexington’s reputation as| dim our lights when meeting an an ideal car for women to drive be i lother car at night: that we recog cnuse of stich conveniences as the} jnise the fact that the man behind|“OP@finger” emergency brake, the jus blowing for the road wants to get by and is not challenging us to a rac in short it means being agreeable in all these little things i that go so far toward avoiding fric tion.” | The American Automobile a ciation in taking up with its affiliated clubs the question carrying on this campaign i« pressing the need for careful ob wervance of traffic regulations as one of the elements of a courtesy campaign. The traffic officer, the association points out, is only a human being placed in a difficult Position because of the neceusity of extra passengers, These seats, when lenforcing these regulations and a/?0t in une, fold away flush in the little courtesy toward him will elim. | back of the front seat. Ample pro- linate many of the more trivial ar-| Vision for ventilation; wide, deep rests that now clutter up our traf.) *¢@ts: hassocks in place of the ordi Lie. course. | nary foot rests, are only some of the The whole operation of the cour-|Tefinements of this new car. lteay campaign, the A. A. .\. points! Last, but not least, is the Serlen 22 lout, depends entirely upon the oid | California top. Lexington's exclusive principle of the golden rule, “Do! bulltin windshield eliminates all ugly lunto others as ye would that they |DUlkes and crude corners where the | | shoula do unto you.” | top fite around the windshield. More } cable service brake, and other fea tures, has been enhanced by the unusual control possible with the Ansted engine. And} is the remarkable yet smooth-| flowing power of this car that makes stant claim. The primary appeal of the car Ix| its utility, The physician and sales. | man, especially, will welcome the am: ple storage space, | The new sedan is an ideal family | car, with fixed accommodations for five persons and two taxi seats for | 200 appeal for men, its makers of im }than that, the glass in the four doors ia fitted with sash drops, so that the French beveled plate glass may be lowered for ventilation. For strictly summer use, all door panels may be easily and quickly re- | moved, Storm curtains are provided j for sudden showers, TIRE NEEDS ON INCREASE | On the basis of three and one- | half tires to an automobile a year jit has been figured that some 40,-) | 000,000 tires will be needed during} 11923 to shoe the wheely of Ameri- | can motor cars, It is estimated that more than 11,000,000 automobiles will be in operation in the United States by |the first of the year. Because of | present low prices on tires, which | disposes the motorist to discard his worn casings more readily than | when prices were higher, it is ex- | pected that there will be a mate- | rial increase in tire consumption |mext year. Automobile registration| The Brazilan imports of automo.) |is climbing rapidly, showing an in-| tive products decreased in 1921 to crease of approximately 15 per cent! about one-tenth of the imports in since the first of the year. The| 1920. Consul General Gaulin, in a state of New York stiil leads in| dispatch to the department of com- |total registrations, with Ohio sec-| merce, attributes this decrease in a jond and California third, ‘The in-| large extent to the exchange depre- crease is most marked in the South| ciation in Brazil, which resulted In land on the, Pacific coast, and the|an increase in prices of 148 per cent growth in California promises to|above the 1920 level. In 1920, he outstrip Obio within the next few) states, about 91 per cent of the num years. ber of cars imported were of Amert- This survey of the present tlre|can manufacture, while in 19 situation and the immediate future) American products amounted to only |demands upon the rubber industry| about 41 per cent of the total, In | was included in a recent bulletin | 1920 Italy, France and Germany be received from the service depart-| gan to come into the market again, [ment of the Spreckels “Sfvage”|and Italy Js the only one of all the | Tire company, western pioneers in) countries exporting automobiles to |the tire manffacturing field, by| Brazil that showed an increase in | Mr. P, Strang, manager of the) 1921 over 1920. However, American | Seattle branch of the Spreckels cars are the most popular in the dis | "Savage" Tire company. trict, and when conditions become normal again importations from the | BRAZIL IMPORTS "DROP 9 TENTHS Auto Market Shot to Pieces | by Exchange | | | | | it at the same time a car that haa in. | © Eldridge Back After 2,350-Mile Trip ‘Buick Man Visitor at 2 National Parks f jh t p v6 Z| This picture is one of many horse-drawn caravans which A, S. Eldridge came across on his recent trip. The wagon was owned by one J. J. Hodson of Moscow, Idaho, met him at Coeur d'Alene, when he was seven days out of Moscow. Cherokee county, Kansas, to a little town known as Gleco. He thought the trip would take He was going t of the Eldridge with hin family, | ed a tour of Yellow National parks | him 70 days. A. 8. Buick has just comp stone and Glacier in his model "65" Buick sport tour ing car, The speedometer rolled up 2,350 miles on the trip, most of it being over unpaved ronds,| and one puncture was the only| trouble experienced. “The roads most of the way are} fine.” sayn Eldridge, “only about 100 miles of the whole route being 4. There i» very litt! paving most of the road being gravel or crushed rock or dirt, but they have been well graded in most places and the roads around the mountaina are; ELDRIDGE BUICK PICNIC IS HELD; 196 Persons Have Big Time at Benbow’s Resort Members of the Eldridge Buick or ganization and their families held thelr sixth annual pienic | day, at Benbow's resort, The Laken, in Pierce county. The caravan of 40 cars, containing 19¢ persons start: Eldridge, Cales © the National Automobile Dealers’ | tive.passenger sedan and two Califor: | from Seattle at § a. m., and drove 65 | research miles, the route lying thru Sumner and Orting. Immediately plenie ground, the program ¢ was begun, under the direction of J B. Power, sales manager of the truck department. The crowd was upon arrival at the porte divided into two Instruction. | sides, the “Reds” being captained by | J. H. Goodrich, and the “Blues” by F. E. Dutton, both of the retail sales department The danhes three legged race and sack race for men, women and chil dren, tug-of-war, “tilt-the-bucket,” boat racing, boat tilting, boat tug-of- war, and, of course, a bexeball game, | without which no American picnic would be complete. At noon, following luncheon, talks were made by A. 8 ce, prent nt of the Eldridge Buick Co. Dr. w Hindley, president of the | Washington State Retailers’ associa tion, and A. A. Bull Honors of went to the “Reds.” the evening was spent and the turn to Seattle at a late hour. contests race. After in dancing. CAT MAS K. BERMAN, ‘ounty gineer NG SEPTEMBER 1 ROADS IN GOOD CON- DITION GRAVEL ROADS on-Maple Valley—Gravel in falr con- Kent-Biack Dinmon@—Pavement for 1% miles out of Kent, balance good gravel Maple Valley-Hlach Diamond — Enamelaw- Frank! Sunset High dition in Kt Issnquah-Vall City— Excellent. Fall City-North Bend—fxcellent. Renton-Isanquah Issaquah-Redmond jake Aammam- ish)—Redmond to Inglewood fair, bal- ance good, Issaquah -N ewport—Good. Diamond—Gravet BY THO! Ki WEEK ENI ALL VAVE Rent: 4 Excellent con- ection Open to @ point Skykomish, Fair tion of 1,000 feet cb but passable, « Stevens Pass Highway three miles be condition with at Halford condition. valley road, nt) cloned, Detour at ant to mast aide road Highiine—in good Seattle-Kent black top entrance nin King county upper end in F Road—-Closed, due te con- Vietory* way, nt at Lake Foreat detour via North Trunk road to road nning east one-quarter mile north ho jake, Official opening October 1, 1922 ake Vorest Park-North Trunk Connee- tion—One mile pavement excellent, balance good gravel. Bellevue-Kedmond--Iair. Redmond-Fall City--Good, in plac For further information eal! Matn local a8. New « United States, was du the large stocks on hand at the close of 19 whieh could not be sold on account of the high prices, 6 in part to United States should be made in in creasing quantities, The decline of ‘raports, especially in the case of the DO NOT pass another car going your way while turning corners or crossing an intersection. and sales in 1921 were even made at a lows in order to liquidate these planks, ~ | titul t Ratur: | the day’s tournament | supper, | was made ; |inum, enameled iron, or sherardized i; | latehe ‘0 join his father and mother. entirely safe if the driver be vaania | and drives at moderate speed. “The trip thru Montana was particularly charming, as there has been an abundance of rain there! this fall and crops are looking fine, and everything is green and beau Montana had suffered from lack of rain for three successive years and the farmers there are certainly rejoicing over the big yield this year. “Travel to the parks has been ex ceptionally heavy this year and of-/ ficialn state that about 60 per cent) cars and have camping outfits People from every state in the! union have been there this summer and moat driving and camping out and particularly was the way America has for of tours and terested in the development of roads and camp marked cars to select standard makes which are known for their endurance and of the visitors are using their own) freedom from trouble and for which they wherever they Eldridge He was headed for of them are strong for “I talked to hundreds of travelers the thing that impressed me turned back tourist transportation. owner has a potential he is accordingly to the highways Every weries in- par There is also a of purchasers of nites, tendency be assured of service may take them.” can VAST SUPPLY OF! COPPER IN CARS 100,000,000 Pounds to Be! Used This Year NEW YORK, Sept. %—Approxt mately 100,000,000 pounds of copper will be utilized this year in the | manufacture of automobiles in this country, according to a survey just completed by the Copper and Brass association, This ts an increase of 10,000,000 pounds over 1921, and about 750,000 pounds more |than 1920, in which latter year the |automobile ifdustry consumed 7.63! |per cent of the total copper produc-| I tion, \ Commenting on the une of copper) in the automotive industry, the sur vey says, in part In pre-war days, particularly since} |the ume when the automobile defi nitely emerged from the juxury letana, the demand was in excess of the supply. Consequently there was practically no incentive to jcheapen material costs; and copper, | brass and bronze were widely used where their prop. to the best prin design, established of engineering ¢x them of service. During the war years, an abnor. mal condition arose. The price of copper increaed, its use waa restrict ed as to nonessential industries, jand the automobile wfreturer was forced to subst inferior | metals. In 191 restrictions, jtively high, in construdtion, erties, according * of mach! nerations perience, made with removal of war time copper waa still rela- and tha automobile I manufacturer continued this prac: |tlce of substitution. During the period of inflation after the armis. tice there was a tremendous increase jot manufacturing facilities, in order | |to keep up with the increasing de-| |mand for automobiles. | ‘Then came the “buyers’ strike” In 1920, The demand for automobiles | dwindled, and in an effort to revive sales, manufactur with manu. |facturer in successive price cuts. Under insistent pressure to lower costs, automobile manufacturers turned th attention first to the more expensive metal—copper, and jcarried still further the principle of substitution, first generally estab. shed during the war years, Substitution took many among them being sheet-iron water tanks in place of brass or copper;| {malleable or castdron water line | fittings in place of brass; cast-iron carburetor bowls in place of brass; diecast babbit main bearings and crank pin bearings in place of bronze-backed babbit. Other substitutions were cast-iron bushings in place of bronze in cam shaft bearings, rocker arm bearings, | spring-cyes, shackle-bolts, brake equalizers, ete, (in many cases, there are no bushings at all; cut.) steel or aluminum alloy amall gears, | for pump-drive, timer shaft, ete; cast-iron water-pump casing and) impeller in place of bronze or brass; ' aluminum or pressed-steel hub caps jin place of nickeled brass; alum.) | | body trim, |steel windshield trim, trim; steel | hardware and hood in place of brass; steel} sorews, nuts and bolts in place of brass; malleable or cast-lron special fittings, such a8 caps, covers, plugs, glands, control links, In place of cast-brass, LET THE engine warm up to overcome missing and to run smooth, SAVE THE brakes by coasting to a stop ax much as possible, MORE THAN 30,000 motor cars were exported last year, KEEP TIRES mended to get best results. ing effect is produced. NO GLARE An automobile headlamp marketed n England is made #o that no blind- it is @ taper- ed tube, with two lenses in front and a horizontal diaphragm dividing its length. This affords light only below the lamp level. NEARLY 40,000 tourists camped last year in Denver's camping park DETROIT ' The HART & HART, Glendale 0550 1001 Jackson St. Beacon 0532 WILS 4763 Ballard Ave. Sunset 4633 West 1474 Elliott 0076 Chasate | 23-4-35 | 29-6-41 6200 Stanley Ave., Georgetown RAINIER MOTORS CO., Inc. ON & KREITLE, Inc. WEST SIDE AGENCY, Inc. 4203 West Alaska St. WM. L. HUGHSON CO., Inc, Third Ave. and Stewart St, AIR-COOLED ENGINES require! MOVING THE steering wheel neavier ofl than a water-cooled mo. | while the car is standing puts an un or because of higher operating tem: | due strain on the steering mechame perature | tom. —————————— Before Any Buick Dealer Can Put Up This Sign— A Buick dealer must meet these defi- nite qualifications set by the Buick Motor Company, before he is author- ized to render Buick service: 1. Mechanice trained ae experts om Buick care, 8. Modern equipment making poe sible the most exact workmanship in the shortest possible time, 8. Acomplete stock of genuine Buick ind based on the number of ke cars in his community. @ Be tn full agreement with the ent form Buick service policy of cour tesy and fair dealing with the public. ‘Wherever you eee the euthorised Buitheere fee sign—aend several thousand dot the country—you will know that first-class service fer your Buick car is available, BUIC. Roadster Touring. PACIFIC COAST DELIVERED PRICES 1923 MODELS Fours S NTS 23-4-98 2-4-4 one 37 1OTS 23-4-38 . Touring... 1490 Sedan..... 2408 Roadster . Five-pass, Sport Touring ..... . Touring Redan. y Eldridge tuick $02 B. Pike, Seatel 1, Please send me com of 1923 Buick models. ' Mail This Coupon for 1923 Buick Catalogue e. plete ‘catalogue § y Name . D Address ....esecewecscseceneee 8-89-16 Ne ne ee ee ie andSpend the difference Sten 1.Sorcl~ wo With its many new refinements and even more complete equipment, at no extra cost to you, the Ford Sedan is now more than ever the world’s greatest enclosed car value. Terms if desired, AUTHORIZED FORD and LINCOLN CAR DEALERS World’s Greatest Motor Car Values LAMPING-McDONALD MOTOR CO., INC, 12th and East Pike HUGH BAIRD 601 Fourth Ave, Elliott 0750 CANAL MOTOR CO, 315 Nickerson St, Garfield 0074 CENTRAL AGENCY, Inc, Broadway and East Pike East 0320 COYLE & WOODRUFF, Inc. 1100 E. 45th Street Kenwood 0031 Inc. East 7776