The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 31, 1923, Page 7

; A ills PROPER jo MILEAGE noe Medium- pred Cars Should Run jog sdould an automobile of Seattle motorists. ip answered aa nearly as is by Harry Austin, manager be Northwest Oakland Co, of ‘austin bas prepared @ plan, the given in mileage, may be ted into terme of Mee the benefit of those who age of thelr cara In years tm mileage. gee are as follows: gee miles & year as the qovered by the average mo whieh ise Dish fix the ieiewing number of dearings, more t Met this time or more W ‘or replacement two years or function prop» or more with more h ae rod bearings, co Wi run thout tightening or re pistons and p than two years. Eg trouble for at least this time FLEET OF NEW OAKLANDS ARRIVE salesmen, received by Har PREDICT BOOM AKRON, ©, March 31.—Tire man- turers In the Akron district are pla: the biggest production spurt In the history of the tndustry With the dema: |both from de and manufacturers unprecedented, every tire factory within the next moi Jor six weeks will go to a product A; 4 for tires era automobile ive peaks of output reac The Miller Rubber compan: not enough to fll standing orders for tires, will Umit and will climb to $,500 tires two to three years (15,000 wiles). Punmmission, axles, frames, gear, body, life of the car. mileage, 20 to 25 miles mal capacity, The Firestone Tire & Rubber company is reported to be laying plans for a dally output of 30,000 tires—more than Firestone . has ever before produced. Goodyear, Buys it ts understood, is also laying plans q . for a jump In output to anywhere be- American Cars |{0.0,'s:.000 and 40,000 casings ips meter car market in Shanghal | day, while the General Tire & Rub- Saslig wigs of recovery, aécord-| ber company {s rushing the work of pbdsjatches from Trade Com- | insta! y in its th amet Hoyt. The representative | factory addi! s to double pres. pat the largest automotive ent p in the United States} Th mperted that late sales bh than at any time In the/ n months, which is particu-| fi . as business fa all lines, The great Me reports, is for medium~ per cars, | 4 now estimated a s0 as to be prepared tax its plant to the! a day—300 beyond the plant's nor-/| ie Fa Ow C0. oe Fleet of new Oaklands bought by John Deere Plow Co. for use of its San Francisco| to lubricate the main bearings and in| the rry Austin, manager of THE SEATTLE \ DETERIORATION UP TO DRIVERS: Motorists Blamed for Early | Running Down of Cars | When engine bearings are prop lerly fitted in the first place they J ought to give 20,000 miles of pery ico without adjustment, writes Alex-| lander Johnston, editor of Motor, in an interesting article on lubrication, That the average ts only about) 10,000 miles is the fault of the car| lowner, The usual cause of prema-| |ture bearing failure ts lack of lubri- |cation, incorrect lubricant or the use| | of off for so long that it becomes con-| taminated and loses its lubricating effictency In most cars pressure d is used| whieh | Jaome for oiling the conne » Fl nearingn, also. T the oll passes are Northwest Oakland Co, 1 unless MOTOR GAR MAY - REPLACE CAMEL French Experiment on Des- ert Is Successful | BY MILTON BRONNER | LONDON, March 31—Autos | may soon be displacing camel caravans on the Sahara desert. In an experiment conducted by Frenchmen, five littl cars completed the perilous 1,800-mile Journey despite shifting sands, storms, ® shortage of water and the difficult conformation of the country which has so long thwarted Europe's leading rail- the strainer and oil | STANDS TESTS the bearings do not recelve adequate lubrication. There must be an effi cient strainer in the oil line, If the Operating on the theory that tho| oll Is allowed to become foul, dirt and performance of an auto Is primarily | Sit get on the jpeg dependent upon the battery, many |Win “te cul ald morel. partially companies have been conducting ex. | ment tt pres periments In an effort to evolve the| gauge will indi r pre most actentific battery possible. At a given te altho the Among some of the more recent to be perfected is the Perlin perpetual battery, said to be one of the most successful yet evolved. This battery | bearing may t that what] oll does reach the can wh oo high volume of oll In only a fraction of what the bearing should have, In some inst the pressure on the| be #0 gr | was tested March 27 by the city little bearing ts| Ught motor division, and ts maid to] squeezed out and the bearing surface have performed in @ successful man. | runs practically dry, with consequent ner, Many batteries, when put to| failure nevere tents, become overheated and| If the car owner 1s to obviate pos break the Jara. As @ consequence, | sibility of bearing trouble he will the electrolyte leaks out and the bat-| take off the oll pan at intervals of tery becomes worthless, 11,000 miles of running and clean it The Pertin, which ts distributed by | out thoroly. When this ts done the way engineers, Ever since France became a great African power she ha sought a way of linking up its pow seasiong in Al; a, Tunis and Mo-/ }recco with its rich equatorial re} gions along the Niger river, Ships| do it, but they take a long time and,| in case of war, are subject to the! danger of submarines. A rallway across the Sahara heal bean dreamed of, but has remained| dition were Mons a n-Dubreull, both! | experienced autots | Five cars wero fitted with cater. | pillar tracks in place of rear wheels | They were painted spotless white, | equipped with specially powerful en- |gines and manned by experts, | The starting point was Touggourt | | tests, and may be adopted by the po. | thoroly the Alderson-McQuold Co, at 607 E.|atrainer and oll leads should be Pike st., withstood all of the city light|thoroly cleaned out. This latter c 4 out This jat in| ter operation ts bent d Iby means of a stream of air under high pressure. ‘BIG CHANGE IN LINCOLN HIWAY lice and fire departments for uso sounding alarms, BUICK HEAD WILL SPEAK ‘The man who has been at th k 000 of the Re If the during | more Join cars nd an m million Buick cars produced addreas Bulck dealers of the 84 attle te: ory In thi As Bui dealers tions are located nearly everywhere that roads cross, this man, E. T. Strong, general sales manager, ts bet ter known to the trade than moat any | ;. one executive in the industry. Conse-| quently, It Is safe to may that he will! be heard here by a large and atten. | 20% wi appreciate the marvelous changes of }10 yearn. The fact 1s the whole history of cad-bullding on anything like a na~ tional ecale Is comprised within the decade, When the Lincoln out} AY MERGER SELLS CYCLE STORES Joins Eldridge Buick Co. as] Salesman After conducting the Mercer Cycle | company for nine years, Fred W. Mercer has just disposed of his stores | here and in Taco- ma and joined the| Eldridge . Bute k company as sales man, Mercer will spe clalize in the sale ot the Buick de livery car, which consists of a de livery body mount | ed on @ regular Butck four - cylin der chassis, “L've been look ing into its ponst bilities carefully he states, “and Mercer feet sure that it ts going to fill an important need in the commercial world, It is power: | ful, Mght, strong and spe built to withstand heavy se A yot ponseases all the flexib and endurance which have di 1 the Bulck passenger cars. owned two Buick cary, myself, 4 know what they can do.” y * i 4 i | Canopy Top with Screen Sides Complete Quick—Light Strong—Durable The Buick Delivery Car You can have for your delivery use the same speed, power and dependability which has made the Buick passenger automobiles so satisfactory, The handsome, convenient and strongly constructed de- livery body (5 models to choose from) is mounted on the sturdy Buick Chassis and propelled by the marvel- ous valye-in-head motor. See Canada Next” Advise Canadians The Chamber of Commerce of Ca- |nadian cities across the Lakes have |Joined in publishing and circulating} jan attractive circular called “Seo Canada Next,” which ts intended to| jattract American automobile tourists |to Southwestern Ontario, called in the | | Ciroular the Garden of Canada. Wind- jsor, Walkerville, Chatam, London, | | Hamilton, St. Catherines and Niagara | Falls each have an illustrative and alluring page in the pamphlet telling | |its particular charms for the tray-| | eler y they point out the} | ways t ‘ario to} the countless holiday resorts, fishing, r summer centers of Eastern | Ten thousand copies of the| cular have been sent to the winter r at Tampa, and to chambers of om can have EASY TERMS on any aeaetoe: Of cane: Mon theres Apes: Buick delivery car if you wish them. Spey er Sold as Low as $345 Down Motorists Favor Low Priced Cars According to statistics recently Dublished, 70 per cent of the passen- ger cars rnold in tho United States re- tail under $1,000, and the average car exported sells for about and trucks retail for $1,060. this “ Its power, flexibility and short turning radius make the Buick the ideal car for light delivery work. Send the coupon below for catalogue with prices and terms, or call for demonstration. East Pike at Harvard East 0842 When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them and ot Depending on the model, and proportionately low monthly payments We'll be glad to show you the different models and quote you terms. Send in coupon below for illustrated catalcgue. From BATTERY OFFICIAL TEST jin the Sahara, where the French| tivo gathering. railway ends. From this place the) Mr, Strong ts on the last leg of a expedition followed the well-known| nation-wide survey of the United camel caravan routes across tho/ States, and has much of interest and to Timbuctoo. ery variety| authority to say about conditions. of Sahara territory wus crossed.| From east, south, north and west, There were not only the shifting} according to Mr. highway in its larger sense as a great] report it ts to be understood that the main line for a national highway | public with only modern means js transportation system was nothing | the biggest automobile market. more than an idea, a hope, in 1913,) In 1 there were 2,527,000 auto- many ridiculed the visionaries who| mobiles sold wholesale at a value foresaw the expenditure of #o vast &/equal to $1,558,567,000 in the United Eldridge Buick Company, 202 B. Pike, Seattle Please send me complete catalogue of 1923 Buick delivery, car models and terms, NGMO.. 105 coves ceccecsscoesctecenrsvececeecweeseeeseesccesseessese et BY LIGHTING DEPT., CITY OF SEATTLE ‘Mt nat there is a Storage and Lighting Battery on the market wich @iminates your battery troubles, and this trouble has at ¢ to automobile drivers. ‘Picture yourself out on your summer vacation, away off in Wains with your battery run down from using your igi Mueb, or from some other cause, and you cannot get ? nave to do? Pay out good money to get fowed in, or other expen Then you say to yourself: “W think this over and investigate this wonderful battery before Wart on your vacation. Bave proven that Our Battery {s absolutely BEST BY TEST, We have these tests to prove our assertions, and will te to your satisfaction that no other battery will star ‘Wider the heavy abuse we give ours. Brattle Star to any battery dealer, and as yet none have Ms They are still knocking our battery and we ogain say ‘Welcome the chance to put our battery to any test they will sMieirs too, if they will in turn put theirs to the test we ars, Battery Test Made by City Light Department, March 27, 1923 Tested by P. E. Edquist One 6-V., 150 Amp. Hour Starting and Lighting i" Battery (Other Type of Battery) Battery must discharge 1,000 Amperes on flash test: 1010. On & continuous test of five minutes, battery must discharge not $34 lees than 140 Amperes—280. On second discharge test after ten minutes recupera- tion, battery must discharge not less than 300—1,000. On 4 continuous test of three minutes, battery must discharge not less than 100 Amperes—185, ¢6-V., 150 Amp. Hour Starting and Lighting Battery (PERLIN Battery) Battery must discharge 1,000 Amperes on flash test 1,500, On @ continuous test of five minutes, battery must Gischarge not 107.75 less than 140 Amperes—155, On a necond discharge test, after ten minutes’ re. operation, battery must discharge not less than 200 Amperes—1,400. On a continuous test of three minutes, battery must discharge not less than 100 Amperes—150, a Letter by P. E. Edquist, City Light Dept. Fant t¥be of battery, type G-616, set number 816333, 6-volt, hours. One jar cracked to such an extent that prac- asi ths clectroiyte has run out; electrolyte bubbled out of # cells during the test of the battery, and tho battery, as i @ very hot, Perpetual Battery, type PVB 138, number 878, é-volt, Ira. ‘This battery aid not bubble out of the cells during for did it become hot enough to soften tho top of it Mt seems to bein the same condition as before tho test." YOU KAN’? KILL IT—BEST BY TEST derson, McQuoid & Co. INCORPORATED seatetbutorn of the Porlin Perpetual Battery for “Ashington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia Office: 607 E, Pike St. East 0479 Hane, Stations: Rhodes Battery Shop, 713 Olive »3 oi 4 At, Buckley Tire & Battery Service, 4504 10th N, 1 sands, but there were sterile pial covered with huge granite boul: 4 others covéred with stones. me places the exped n was in| from wandering nomadic} One of the places crossed/ Tanesrouft—the country of} In} death. Nevertheless the airivet! safely at Timbuctoo, the onetime mysterious city of the Niger. After resting there for about three weeks, the leaders decided to travel back. | As a result of the expedition it is expected that the French govern.| ment will enlargo {ts military and vernme: posta at the leading} hara cases and will gradually} ‘ock them with supplies of ofl and |stores, The purpose will, of course,| be to make them part of a general! |scheme whereby automobile traffic! |on an extensive scale may be main-| | tained across the desert if France| jever foels either the wartime or| the peacetime needs of tt. |Delivers 100 New Easter Chevrolets Marking the end of a banner onth, during which time he has sold 700 Chevrolets, Fred §. Haines, manager of the Fred 8. Haines com: |pany, has arranged to deliver 100 now cars to customers Saturday, | “Fred” has obtained permission to park the Chevrolets for three blocks on 12th ave. starting at Union st. | These new,cars are ready for action | 4 will be broken in by their proud |ownders on Easter Sunday, | This record of sales is somewhat different from the old days when “Fred” had the Plerce-Arrow agency r If he sold one car a day then he considered himself fortunate, His sales for April and May will prob- ably beat his March record, accord- jing to his reports on conditions in | the auto bustness. parts “Freak Ordinances” Passed, Says Kelley | Speaking before the Dumar club Friday night, Hugo Kelley charged the council with passing many ordinances” and political aneuvering. The wood ordinance, which causes & man selling a lary load to bo arrested, and the “sw! | struct 2,350 miles of the routo or more than two-thirds of It. The fact is, more than two-thirds of It has been built, if by ft" 1s meant the completion and opening of a road sat- infactory for the traffic of the pres- ent. er tires. British Duntop tires lead tn popularity. The Spencer-Moulton, Avon, French Michelin, the Austra- Nan Barnet-Glass, and four American makes aro also on fale. buy on an average of four and one- Load half tires per year each. No partic-| back of the car with rocks and have ular preference !» indicated for cord|the passengers alt tight. Do not at- tires, but inner red tubes are pre-| tempt to lighten the car to got thru ‘orred. | bad spot in the road. ONE OF NEW RENTON BUSES h on the rear wheels, up the onli SEATTLE RENTON Here's one of the new Blue Bird buses to be put on the Seattle-Renton run Monday morning. Everything is on her but a diner and a caboose. Commuters who live in Renton and have their places of business in Seattle will have the benefit Monday morning of four new bunes, capable of carrying 35 passengers, ‘Thess hugo cars are to be put into service Monday morning by the Blue Bird line and will make the run in 25 minutes, according to Robert| Ellonberg, manager of the company,| with offices at 1916 Third ave, | The new s are painted blue and each is decorated with a pteture of | Mt. Rainier, “Watch Renton Grow” is the slogan painted in largo lottors on each bus, ordinance” were quoted as examples. WILLIAM “ATOR WH SOMETHING NEW— THE Mc K-A-I-Z-E-D Kopel 84 DISTINOT OPHNATIONS WAST PINT AT SUMMIT: — O. McKAY CO. PHONE WAST 0501 SELL, Wi SRV" | an average of $20,000 per mile to con-| When Car Is Mired} To keep wheels from spinning when | Car ownern| driving thru mud, use added weight | “ sum aa $20,000,000 on the road be-| States alone. At the beginning of| Strong, there Js \tween New York and San Francisco | hing but good things to report. | within « period of even 20 years, erything is great,” is the terse the nine years ending with the way tn which he sums ft up. advent of 1923 over $47,000,000 has Seieniacnalbaestaeans |been expended on the improvement e of the Lincoln highway—enough at Life Is Sweet for Persian Pedestrians Thruout the whole of Persla there are no mors than $12 automobiles of 1 deseriptiyns, says Consul B. Got- Heb, Toher::1, in a report to the de-| partment ey commerce. About hs!f! tho passenger cars use metric clinct, | Added Weight Aids this year there was registered 10,-| 250,000 pasnenger cars and 1,250,000) ¢ commercial cars. ! Addres | Records Broken!! Chevrolet Supremacy ie Graphically Demonstrated in Seattle 159 NEW CHEVROLETS DELIVERED IN ONE DAY, TODAY, MARCH 31ST, 1923 The following results for MONTH OF MARCH, 1923, announced by The Fred 8. Haines Company, represent authentic bona fide de- liveries—not questionable future orders: 441 New Chevrolet Cars, delivered, retail, in Seattle. 89 New Chevrolet Cars delivered, wholesale, to Associate Dealers in Seattle, 125 New Chevrolet Cars delivered, wholesale, to Associate Dealers in vicinity of Seattle. 63 Used Chevrolet Cars delivered in Seattle. 73 Used Cars of other makes, delivered in Seattle. Grand Total 791 Cars NOTE—All statements made in this announcement will be verified and certified to by E. G. Shorrock & Co., certified public accountants, during the coming week. Again the demands of the motoring public prove that— Nothing Compares With Chevrolet Economical Transportation—High in Value, LOW in COST and Upkeep. Fred S. Haines Company 12th & Madison Stuart Bldg. OPEN EVENINGS TO 9 O'CLOCK We will close Sunday—All Day—Being Easter Sunday Georgetown