The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922. yclists of Today Are Motorists of Tomorrow | ET. Strong, general sales man- ef the Bulck Motor company, found a striking answer to the “Where lies the future for the automobile? in Lincoln, Neb. on one of Fecent “whirls around the circle,” | Btr war interested in observing of boys leaving schoo! on tant lesson of time economy,” marks Strong. “Transportation te the keynote of local movement of men and mate | Gals. It was but a few years ago largely the work of the hb Then came the trolle end the To day the mote car ip king with | nothing in sight to interrupt are the fellows we are go: | *«" to eel] Buicks to five and 10| Get there, That ts the slogan of from now,” declared Strong to | *4vancement. Get to the place where Tidneoin Buick distributor, H. B. | the real work ts to be done—and get there quickly, Strong points out that ‘and I will prove your point /@ach of the nearly 1,000,000 Buick Row,” Feplied Sidies. A short | Care built saved its owner an incal further brought them to the|Sulable amount of time, The simple y of Nebraska, where auto- | Process of multiplication on the most were thickly parked—most | Conservative dasia discloses astound small, Nght care. ing figures. ears are owned by the bt- riders of yesterday,” eaid/the vital advantage of ‘getting “Most of them will own high: | there,’ concludes Strong. “The bt ears tomorrow.” cycle helps and it is within the purse the United States this|reach of a large percentage of the situation ie duplicated.| youth of the country Neat they of young schoolboys rid-| begin looking forward to the posses: of bicycles, each there | sion of a motor car, not as a play é down unproductive min-| thing, but as an exsential Instrument ®, Sbeorbing indelibly the impor-/in winning the battle of life.” re. jemi-Diesel Engine May Supercede Those in Use the Diesel engine finally be, the good in both of these engines, to replace the spark ignition | therefore, would make an ideal power now .used to propel automo: | plant for automobiles. ‘This ideal, or the nearest to it, Question, recurrent almost an-| French automotive engineers believe, iy since the invention of the auto | ts finally attained in the neml-Diesel faces its last repetition with | automobile engine tested recently on c nt from Paris of the a trip between Parts and Bordeaux. of a semi-Diesel type of| The engine, according to reports, motor cars. | burns low-grade oil, which costs 12 Very beginning of the auto | cents a gallon in France, as com try, use of @ Diesel en-| pared with 66 cents for gasoline. At attempted in automobiles. the same time {t retains the advan. used for stationary pur jtages of the spark-ignition engine tm submarines, the engine now tn use. ‘work well in a moving, vi-| Besides, Its Inventors say, the sem!- Diese! costs less for upkeep and is simpler, and therefore cheaper to . | make, than the present type. Expert. EP costly gasoline, while the air-| ments are still gotng on, with the engine feeds on a cheap, | idea of installing the engine on Paris ade of oll. A combination of! buses. An CONGRESS Will Open Vashon Island Bee School A bee school will be opened on Vashon, January §. B. A. Slocum, extension specialist tn agriculture at the Washington State College, will Geliver a general talk on bees, to open the school. Stephen J. Har meling, Vashon honey producer, will also speak at the opening. County A. B. Nystrom has worked “The boy of toxtay ts fully alert to | simple beauty. Folks who passed the Eldridge-Buick Co.'s display room, 802 E. Pike, this week were greeted with this happy reminder of the New Year. attractive display with a Buick Six as the main attraction in a window remarkable for its Phete by Price @ Carter, Star Maff Photographers ‘Here Are 3 of Letters | in Contest | the three letters whic next best to the prise jwinners in The Star's “Exciting | Night” contest. | The first ts written by M. J, Sumt- all, 1615 16th ave. | "It happened one night making the yoyage around ‘Horn,’ with my father, who commander of the veanel. Here @ | were jud the was anchorage waa made at & in Smythe’s channel, several |boatioads of Patagonia cannibals |eame out to the boat asking for | ‘whisk’ and ‘tobac,’ which was re- j fused, being against the law. They became very much interested in my | when | point t taking many lives, Our house nar | rowly encaped. | “My father was dangerousty tii and | ywed. My mother re-| joan to take us chit house for loould not be | fused bis ma dren to @ | matory. “Runners came every 16 minutes warning us to move, as our house y neighbor's would surely be destroyed detore | *fter ciroulating, It tw alleged, forged | ment, port commission, Chamber of | morning. | “Retwoon warnings my dear mother, | jwith us children clasped to her, | prayed to the Almighty God to mm ue from disaster. So not knowing when | one minute but what the next would | music be the last, I spent my most exctt. | ing night. The dawn brought relief | for the sufferers, burial for the dead | | “At $ p.m. on the eventful night and a prayer of thanks for the sur-/day, after a Christmas trip to Call- | vivors.” ‘The third letter waa written by | June Beyers, 9429 16th ave. &. Wis “My moat exciting night happened the 29th of last July. A friend, my husband, my f2-monthold baby and myself were returning home from it @ program of instruction for) brother, who was plump and very! town tn the friend's five-passenger school consisting of cournes tn/ much to their liking as a nice edible; nui The baby and I were in ed ing management, uniting and ransferring, requeening and queen summer management, of bees, fall management, May Oust Packers meeting ever held| To determine the fate of the Bar. — 1 features the |t0n packing plant on W. Spokane , Good Roads con- | *-. & conference between the city and the company will soon be held. The Barton company’s permit great ex-|t0 Operate in Its present location is ag he said to have expired a year ago. The city soning ordinance ia re Ported to be practically ready for submission to the city council. Dry Agents Nab 50 Gallon Still Prohibition agents unearthed a |S0-galion still and a quantity of mash at 2486 Dexter ave. Friday night and arrested John ‘Kennedy, who is thought to haye been the operator of the still. Divisional Pro hibition Director F. A. Hazeltine di- rected the seizure, Congress wary 15 to 19 morsel. They were incensed at not wetting what they wanted and gos. teulated strangely and jabbered wildly at the boy. “At midnight the males all turned in fighting e«pirit and well equipped with polsoned arrows, It was most uncanny, having these |wnarting, naked black men trying to | board the ship to get revenge, also | im anticipation of getting a fine hu- | man meal, I suppore. “It was only after firtng many 20D1N€ | shots into their midst that they were! commiasion and officials of both the | ¢inaily driven off, as firearms were! | new to them in those days. | “It was verity an exciting night, | rendered more so after having been nearly captured by them the day | before while on shore.” | Another good by Mra, Cecil MoPherson, 47th. “In a small mining town tn the Rocky mountaing one night in early 2 W. | | rifle roar and thrown violently from jour beds with a crash that shook the very earth, “The whole side of the snow-covered | mountain, loosened by spring rains, jee gathered trees and rocks and Piled in a mans 60 feet high at the |base of the mountain, almost entire. lly @estroying the little village and S in highway building by J States bureau of public the highway department of the national research council organizations conducting Fesearch work will be Highway finance and high- tr on will receive ti onsideration they merit, as future of federal aid to the other national and state both in administra- truct! and maintenance. of the exposition will be exhibit by the United of public roads. the congress, convention held tn Chicago by the Asphalt the Midwest Section of o Association of Engi- “% Association of General ‘entertainment to be provided the week for delegates and fe will include a stag party by ors, with orchestra! music, , dancers and boxing contests. 17, the annual banquet of will be held at the hotel. Men of national will address the banquet High class musical and vaude. n will be rendered. 18, the ‘association will en- In delegates and visitors with a party at Terrace Garden, the performance of “The Ter- inden Review. E, H. Cook held in city bere following his identification be of two men who robbed gro- of L. 8. Alford, December believed to have eriminal ITS ONLY A STEP AN AMBULANCE — (GASSAWAY MILES BY STAN )—THE HOSPITALS ARE FULL OF DUMB BELLS LIKE YOU-WHO STE OFF THE CURB AND wAlT— STAND BACK---- PULL IN Your. FROM THE CURB To letter was written | spring we were awakened by @ ter. back seat. It was around midnight, jour lights became dim so we turned into ® garage at Michigan ave. and/ |Marginal way. We had to crons some street car tracks. Just before we ot over the last rail of the inst | track the back wheel sunk tn the! wand and we were stalled. I looked out and saw a street car coming at [4 terrific speed. I screamed, ‘Go| on! ‘Go ont to the driver. The next} instant the car ait the machine and | threw it four feet. The baby and I} || Bureau of | Missing Relatives | the ace | Readers who ma; of persone men Mining ure anise te te | The ‘other sewepepere ‘are tavited t iateroat | friende are missing are dieappears ANTON DITMAN.—The brother of Anton Ditman, 37, Is making in quiries in Seattle for him. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mr. Dit-| man would accommodate by Inform: ing the brother, H. Ditman, St. Regis hotel, here. eee HENRY CARL or HUGO HENRY KIRCHER. — Your mother, Mra. Caroline Kircher, living at 924 First jave., Flint, Mich, wante to hear |from you. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Kircher has been in- | vited to inform the local Red Cross, who will forward the information to | the mother. | eee | RAYMOND BLAIS.—Your father, | living at 316 Manville road, Woon, R. 1, i inquiring for you, belleving | you to be in the vicinity of Everett Should anyone know the where [abouts of Blais the tnformation will | be received at the local Red Cross | headquarters and from there for | warded to his home. -for the new modern Qatory Lee Tire &' Rubber Co. Sth and Olive, Property sold thru M* DONALD MILLER sx home of the —to be erected at our office! 208 COLUMBIA ST. Manager Jim Fenton arranged an | mor clerk for the Admiral Oriental | { Eldridge-Buick Co. Sends Greeting C | | SEWERS IS BAD ;Engineers Declare Repairs Needed at Once ‘Two of the | in | | ArEO sewer mystoms of Seattle dition, nece are dangerou tating re pair and later new syste whieh many cost millions, according to « t of the board of public works, de to the elty counet! Friday The report shows that the Bay view at. tunnel under Beacon Hill draining sewerage from North Ratn jor into the Kart Waterway, Is in « eritical condition and might collapse | and stop the flow of a great mann of | newase. | City Engineer J. D. Blackwell be even that it will be necessary | bulla an extra tunnel thru Beacon | YUN by Hanford st. at some time in | the future, but he declares that the | present one should be relined at ones, The other dangerous system drains part of Ballard. Engineer Blackwell thinks that the only feast ible scheme to handle the growing | needa of the elty is to drain all the |newage Into the Bound immedia Farmers Resuire Exchange Ratio! | | CHICAGO, Deo. 10.—-Readjunt- ‘ment of prices to meet present con {ditions will soive the problem of the world, James R. Howard, former president of the American Farm Bureau federation, | declared in an address before the American Economic today, “Httheadq being paid for after-war products, nomena he said. “The price of the farmer's | product must be judged by the ex |ehange ratio of his corn and hie Police Unable to rye and his oats, It cannot be| Find Karl Larkin | sixea in dollars and cents.” is tion of preawar pri The police have been unable to find any trace of Karl Larkin, for \To Ask Senator’s Aid for Waterway tine, who db doce! . wappeared December 38./ neoresentatives of the city govern checks ‘to the amount of $3,000 or! more Commerce, Real Fetate association | and Industria! association of the| South End unanimously adopted a} resolution Fri urging Washing: | ton congressmen to present Seattle's | claim for an appropriation of $360,-| 000 to improve the Duwamish water. | way. Support will be urged before the rivers and harbors board meet- ing January 16. y vada eg The mayor and other representa- Ho tn believed to have gone to California, but Southern authort ties have failed to pick up his trail Larkin‘'s flances, Miss Ada Tilley teacher at the University of Washington, who was duped into thinking the man was a college pro fosnor, wan due back in Seattle Sun jtiven were asked to assist in the were thrown between the auto and Peano ty tonsa tach pragaag the street car. I seemed to keep | tion. = of mind and cling to my aby. icAt E torambiet up, braid ana (Grover Cleveland ng. the motorman said 7 pouty Nave diced Fania tee our Will Marry Here lives; be thought he Nad run over ua.| Grover Cleveland, who says his “Hytterically I exclaimed, ‘Oh, I | grandfather was cond cousin of don't care if I'm dead, but ts my the former president, obtained a baby all right? |marriage ifeense at the office of “Tle had excaped without @ scratch. |the county auditor Friday. ‘The “One of the passengers said, ‘Oh, | other name on the leense ts Miss this little fellow will live to knock |Olelia Henkie, who lives at 1631 down ® good many street cars.’ Ninth ave. | taxey me follo agricultural | TACOMA, Dec, 40.—Vigorous opposition to the proposal that reduction of the public highway fund by 1 mill and the substitu tion for it of a Jcent tax per gal Jon upon gasoline will reduce the burden of taxation in the state iy being m by the Automobile club of Washington. Walter C. Baldwin, the board of directors. the proposal, enacted an additional tax burden in of chairman devia will place upon the farmers and producer the which majority of on works real hardship The Automobile club offictal as fertn that the proposal is simp tax shifting, placing # new br without property et sought. The statement says in part “That farmers own some 4 farm tractors, operate several thou aand gas engines, use 30 per cent of the gas pay on @ Lcent tax $300,000 yearly, and thru the 1 mil} public highway fund pay yearly in tuxes for this part of the road program $240,000; that farmers sume gas fuel in productive work “That the Lmill road levy, if abo} ished by the legisalture, reduces * estate and improve tate, in a tax now consun con “City r | Batter CONSTANT ONDITIONOF |Auto Club Fights Gas Tax Proposed in State | ments (approximately), $400,000; rath | roads (approximately), $160,000; tinm $94,000; property interests within ‘Thene figures show where the the burdem comes, and who wilt really suffer.” Baldwin also declares that an e& fort is being made thruout the state, because of the attitude of the Auto n this matter of tax. an impression that the road pro- ber lands (approximately), perm@nal ty, $100,000. shifting of ation the club is opposing gram of the state. This is another effort to block the fight the club is making to pre vent this increased tax burden,” he stator. ‘This club ts and always will be found in the vanguard of good road workers. It is opposed, and strenu- ously #0, to this shifting of the taxes, The club is working for the building of good roads, but does not believe (hat the best tpterests of the state 1 connerved or looked after by placing an additional burden upon the farming interests of the state, such a* thig tax increase will seally amount to.” Akron tire firm is conducting night classes for ite workers. 75° POTENTIAL to ere A-—SAVING IN TIME—BETTER SERVICE B—SAVING IN EXPENSE OF RENTAL BATTERY C—BETTER, LONGER-LIVED CHARGE D—LENGTHENS BATTERY LIFE SUNSET ELECTRIC CO. 1507 Broadway Downtown Station: Fourth and Stewart NOTICE TO BATTERY STATIONS We are agents for the Hobart constant potential Beld on ten months’ time payment Batteries NEW Batteries YEAR’S SURPRISE INTEREST 5% INTEREST 24 Months to Pay—Two Full Years The Generous Response to Our Special Christmas Payment Plan of 24 Months for NEW ord CARS Has Moved Us to Continue This Plan Into 1923, and in Order to Still Further Stimulate Sales in the Winter Months the Charge for INTEREST REDUCED TO 5% Until March 15, 1923 _ Prospective Purchasers Who Intend Buying Make a Substantial Saving by Buying NOW! in the Early Spring Can N NTRAL AGENC FORD LINCOLN FORDSON AUTHORIZE BROADWAY AT PIKE DBD DEALERS PHONE EAST 0320