The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 28, 1923, Page 6

COST ESTIMATES Data Being Gathered Re- garding Auto Operation Data regarding the cost of of tion of motor vehicles in various sec tions of the types of road i the American Automobile association ana its affiliated clubs at the request of the U. &. Bureau of Public Roads and the National Research council This information, it is stated, will be extremely helpful to these two Organizations in the general survey which they are making for the pur. Hore of guiding them in carrying for ward the road building prog fhe nation ‘The American tion, according to sending to each of its 390 ehubs a questionnaire 4 Officials to select inte operating differ co-operate in furnis'sing These men will keep & record from nuary $1, 1924, &nd will then fill out the question naire. The questionnaire show the t) ountry and on various being gathered by Automobile ase its officials, affiliated s the elut 1 memt mikes of cars tc this data inary event took place on the While breaking the world’s non-stop track record miles in 24 hours, Paul Welch was both fed and shaved while in 1 fair grounds at Edmonton, Ce by driving a Buick stock four 1,032| >), This extrdord- motion, mada, manner of its usage, the of the roads traveled, the age for the period du records are kept, and the yeart: ing Semrrce. motor ghicle taxes also F.Ge for showing the average fife ¢ tires In miles and the total Opry se ey anton, them aha Wl s poriod overhauling, tc | number of people who annually ving the period thin, it ty. claimed, is the first |*™ Attempt to make a national survey ee te be of forest were burn Information on the cost of operation | 10" Wr OPN in of motor vet and will be of)” ane above are a few of the fact Breat value both in its effects on foud construction and on vehicle taxation. ty which is his as he tours CENTRALIA TO} crn ie it Yor HAVE WESTERN |", AUTO SUPPLY : CENTRALIA, Aily 28.—Thru_ the Medium of the chamber of Com Merce. Grover Troth has ann tte leasing of the ground hit new building at US Tower ave. to the Western Auto Supply company This concern, which maintains retail stores in DF the larger cities of the West After a thoro canvass of the enti Northwest, selected Centralia Dest location for the 7st sto Sun as the building fs completed Will begin installing the up-to x nécéssary to modern ‘They expect to open for bus a yer with & complete lin essories, fires, tubes and camp eq ‘The company expects the Cen tralia store to be one of the be links in its great chain of stores @xtending from Denver to the Pa ific and from Canada to Mexico. ©. H. Pound of Seattle, state rep- | mot resentative of the Western Auto /tions whic Supply Co, was here erday in Connection’ with his company’s} Tease, which is for a period of five years. Work on the new img 1s progressing rapt rs to for Structure will be two sto in| trated by the height and will cost about $16,000,| motored to th There will be five apartments on year. Of the the second floor. The building | estimated that over 70 fs of brick and concrete construc- | by automobi An actu tion, with full basement. It has a| California and Colorado alone sh frontage of 28 feet on Tower ave.| 7,000,000 motorists entered and will be 120 feet deep. aca —___— Conser n commission show that touris jhunters spend a $18,000,000 lin the Adi ‘ ». Thus ft jean readily be seen the Motorists’ ting charges urges, includ: Provision iat NEWYORK, July 2 eben. yeent of the forest fire Statas today are due to « ety per United country’s forest preserves ts in lereasing at the rate of 25 p year. Last year more thah 80,000 Miscovered by the Motorists’ League motor for Countryside Preservat ich organized to educ ng public to a sense of the r to get motor Clifford Sloan,in an MoToR—the na nal motoring—reports that of |forest fires started in the Adiron »|dacks, over 400 were actually traced to camp fires left «smoldering, and that the auto camper was respons: ible in nearly “The the work of the Motor ists’ League for Countryside Preser Maye Hoverter, risburg, “the spirit of spontaneous in can stop. It pro a real problem, of which the public }is entirely aware, but whigh it hi never taken steps to correct. “The number of forest f thruout by nthinkin one of th condl. the vital quality undertaken ry case sate to deat: with n up as you go" ¢ rapid incre of th ecord Rures PEERLESS HEAD Hleague faces a big problem, one that will increase each year The problem is not 4 every |solution, however, if 5 © card of the will sign the pl a league, which entails | other than a promise to |he goes"—and then liv no obligation “clean up Buyers Have Option of Dif- ferent Shades When Buying Perhaps no single characteristic of the new Peerless cars has been the object of more favorable public com: ment than their exceptional color v\"""' FOREST FIRES ARE CAUSED OF CARELESSNESS | Mo And the | visit | on started | GASSAWAY MILES mmunt 1 head ‘ew York lable for rists are urged to ¢ cate. with the league's n 40th Bt, material Is ava | quarters, 119 W Printed jindividuals, automobile clubs and other civic organizations in the movement. Many Land New York state org |tions already have signs in their camp sites and forest calling the atte intores New Eng erected : 1aagy | motoriats to the cleaning up. }xigns will be fur exted upon applic organization. © GAR SHOULD BE = TESTED OFTEN | many Tests Should Be Made Every 1,000 Miles Every time the speedometer reg isters another 1,000 miles, say aut motive experts, owners should put th cara thru a brief but careful jexamination. If thi one regu. ‘larly, with America’s 14,622,161 chars, ts held, ree-fourth nual toll of more than 14,500 fatal ts could be prevented t car owners ought geeated by J. W. Perry, ager of the automotive were pections th to make owing and n and body bol * uch an univer distributor and breaker di ath, en, or replace 2 have badly as they blow out and e a bad Inspect your t Jack up clearance ould be and the the rear axle and test the jot the bands, The linn: from oil, dirt and gi ds so adj os ‘ n, steady and certain ation are mor hones in New than In the whole ratio main: automobile Firestone of Great ain and this same tain. in the of registration, say statin Itictan BY STAN Offerings, which are optional to each purchaser, it is stated at the Peer less plant in Cleveland Collins blue, rich maroon Proof gray are optional f the nine models and, in addition, the four-passenger phaeton is furnished in Dorothy blue upon request at no ext cost. Each of these color: Just as distinctly Peerless in its wn Way as the original lines and design of the car as distinctive. Incidentally, it develops that R. H. Collins, president and general ma ager of the company, is of an ultra discriminating nature when it comes to what he considers a proper and pleasing color combination his ideas on color were r ed by Other officials of the company the other day Before the new Peerless was an nounced several months ago, after color was submitted to Mr. Col ling for his approval. Always he had some criticism to express regarding the blues submitted. This one should be a little lighter, or that one darker Or another just wasn't the best biuc he had ever visioned, he sald. AS 4 consequen| experiment after experiment was made | fess color experts. Finally Was arrived at-which, as the goes, “struck him squarely between the eyes.” “That {s exactly what I wan’ aid one morning, when experts were | beginning to wonder whether he would ever be satisfied. “What do you call 4 A smile appeared on the faces of the men in the and then one of them « all it Col- lins blue. the only name we} know of for it, “AN right," he answered, return Ing the smile, “Call it Colling blue. | I'm mighty proud of ft." | SAY nd aust: LITTLE GEM + each of CONV! Some of color BROKE DOWN ON TH It iy estimated that within the} Next 15 years the aggregate cost | Of the federalald program will be about $3,000,000,000, HUH! THE GUY WHO WROTE THAT ALL THINGS COME TO HIM WHO WAITS ~ NEVER “TRIED To GET ANY HELP FROM THESE ROAD ___\ BURNERS ON A HoT DAY = ET )\ALL You GeTISA ERSATIONAL cag tase E ROAD TEN MILES FROM HOME ANDA MILLION MILES FROM A HELP/NG AAND. of the an-| the Johns-Manville TRUGK TIRES ARE MUCH IMPROVED | ‘a hangen that been made in ruction of olld truck tires hav vo improved jth tires that they absorb the of the road and give better traction says J. Th Win uck tire departer Tire & Rubber com fornia, eo Mr, Wh ley were applied to the to reduce vibration, nd accomplished to a limited have joits than ever before,” stanley, of thet of the” Goodye pany, of Iriginally nolld tires trucks solely it was extent Howeve years Goodyear has made a number during the past three ae ted by the new the smooth tréa All-weather tre: tires today the cutting is a © 10, 11 and 12 Age ia from 12,000 to 14,000 millon. “And what ix even amond by that more Im worn clips | to give the | BY THOMAS R BEEMAN King County Engineer WEEK ENDING JULY | ALL PAVED ROADS IN GOOD CON- DITION GRAVEL Renton-Maple Valley mM-Biaek Diamond ROADS Travel in fair con Paver: * out of Kent, balan ple Valley-Mlack Diamond w- Franklin—Go: Sunset Highway | | route to Fall City Redmond or ar Lake Washingt 1 (via Lake Sammam- ewport—Good ck Diamond (¥ tion good. Highway Soos Creek) Open to Sky- ki rood Woodinville-Duy Kent-Des Moline: : Des Moines-Tacoma Highline— fous Naches 1 Open to park entrance; WHEN SUMMER COMES, SPEED A. A.A. PREPARES (BUICK RACER SHAVED DURING RECORD RUN |} OAKLAND MAKES ANOTHER RECORD Speed Record Set by Six- Cylinder Car in Speedway The Oakland Six hung up another} record on the Puelfic coast—this time a gpeed record—which, followed on the heels of the sensational vic tory of the Oakland in the Youemite economy run, in which it won both the sweepstakes trophy and class up. In an officially obse over the Cotati » near San Franc nut per h of continuo formed dramatic opula © course inn 6 the t noon. The driver Jeclared the mot than at the nd rk one minute t the finish) ¢| more smooth! _| general a nent was nt the rmance of the Coming the remarkat forma the Oakland Six made Romy run 36.92 miles per gallon o h | Sierra mountains, th prove |the speed, power and durability of his car as well as its economy ‘NO CHILDREN | AUTO DRIVERS A. A. A. Voices Opposition | to Young Drivers | Opposition a your 4 tion of automobiles by irrexponntbh ardians who per: | be operated by who have not yet reached they can obt aren the age where iver aro resp act of such personal injury or ce, according to the of ‘the law by the of Califo driving motor en the f » guilty of mis hairman of the uch a child | perfect in the me- operation of a motor stands to reason that has not . matured enable ‘Qn lly under adver coolly four years of hard} a license to} |run a locomotive which operates on ja steel track and cannot turn to or the other, and the en at least 21 years of gi must b | before he starts to learn. Cer tainly a child should be required to reach the age of 16 or more permitted to operate before motor has no restrictions © steering wheel in Children s on the pub: ighways 2 menace not | the pedestrian but to other motorists and we are filiated clubs to ald in a {gn to.stop thi state In’ the ® driver asking practice in every Union | excellent condition. | | Lake Forest Park-North Trunk Connec- tion—One mile pavement excellent; | nd— Fair. Fall City—Good gravel For further ini focal 34, weath | ‘mation call Main 690 TRAPS LAID FOR MOTORISTS “As the motor tourist takes to thi open voad on his summer vacation in rapidly increasing numbers, an Jincreasing number of fee officers have taken their stand in anibush to, await the coming of the un lucky motorist who happens to go a litth beyond the le * wpe |limit for the distance of the speed | said A, G. Seiler, manager of |the ‘Touring and ‘Transportation Bu rea of the American Association ‘The malls of the Washington |headquarters of A, A. A. and of |the affiliated clubs bring in daily |complaints of these speed tr |saidy Mr. Seller, “The immedi remedy for the clubs and their mom: |bers in to first investigate the com } plaints and thoroly advertise the | ape d traps, as soon as the Investh jgation indicates that |is being maintained nent remedy |fornia State trap, perma ly to do Automobile A and other clubs affiliated with the American — Automobile elation |have done and that in to legislate |the speed trap out of business "It ia hard to realize that eltizen: interested in the welfare of a com |munity would permit the operation jof a speed trap for the few dollars [which feo officers can smpulct out of oolation Automobile | the visiting motorist. A motorist |who has been unjustly held up for | J® nominal fine and larger [never fails to advertive far Jwide tho community kind of ad victimized. ‘The |vertising he gives the community | iy not the kind which will visitora to that, locality costs and where he has bring other | “Under the new California law effective August 31, the will be definitely d Mr, Seil drafted and passed | the instrumentality of the California | |State Automobile Association. By |the terms of the new law, evidence | gathered from a™peed trap which is | defined as « certain marked off diy. tance on which the speed of u mo. Htorist Is an officer wait ing on. the side, is not ad |missible in any court in California The traffig off who must be in| uniform at the time the evidence | Jis secured, must » the car or |truck a given distance with his |Motoreyele or car and the evidence |of speed is taken from his carofully checked speedometer, The law abiding motorist who thoughtlessly |steps on the gas too heavy and is | Arrested for exceeding the speed} Himit under these conditions, has no “t to m from arrest” |which | |speed tra nated,” explalr | law was thru timed by | such an} [ NEW FOUR-PASSENGER DE LUXE COUPE Above Is a picture of the new De out being as large as a Ford sedan Luxe body, a4 ard Ford cha’ The new De Luxe coupe just n introduced in Beatle by the Luxe Body Co, of Wash- | Ysht, ington. visor, lock Fred C, Johnson and R. V. Fr at many features | cis have secured the distribution f the state of Washington, They are ocated at 193 Westlake ave where they have the body on di play, t door handles, folding aux-| y tailed on a re There a £ equipment in the De Luxe bedy. Among them are dome utomatic gasoline gauge, sun iam Cords, tory repre built for the | iary and arteraft leather up-| sentative, is now S assist that makes a | he The finish is a high gloss }ing the local men in g black, with gold body stripe. lished t comes to Beattle with | ——— (SSE aa ae It tx a special bod Ford chanais, a bod handsome four-passenger car of the Ford, and tt a splendid ap under long wi fuctured in St. Louis The t fs not an attempt tol fain, U. Ford into the sem-| me other car, but a body reputation for standing ‘ It fs manu.| According to Maj.Gen. Frank Me chief, There are 28,000 passenger car fealers in the United States and 25,000 who well motor trucks, Serv- bureau of insular af department, the |Intyre, 8. war Philippines offer large areas of lice stations and repair shops num growing of |ber 63,000 000. land suitable to the and public garages 48,- and luxurious than the standard Ferd coupe, with: | ruts A New, Fast Ton Truck al a New Low Price —that first is economical to operate —that is fast when you want a quick, short deliver down the time on a long haul —that has power to spare; overhead valves —that, rides easily —that has three speeds; full lighting and starting equipment —that should merit your inspection before you purchase a new truck at any price or any capacity under a ton See the Utility Express First THE FRED §. HAINES CO. 12th at East Madison Georgetown | ul or to cut 4th and University ba Re FO RE Detr y DE! 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