The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 22, 1923, Page 14

SEATTLE STAR ; Tire Agent Pioneer Racer Retired After Big Crash ‘SPORT CAR IS. | LATE ADDITION Oldsmobile Line Includes 6-Passenger Vehicle Oldsmobile sport cars always haye been acknowledged an things of beauty, but the new five-passenger sport tournig car surpasses them all, according to Sales Manager R, U, sterson, after inspecting tho first of thin model to arrive, which ts now on display ot the salesroom of the local distributors, It is predicted that the new Olds- mobile sport will lend the fashion | for 1924 with the new color scheme. The gold and black stripe, weath- ered finish, a new color developed |by the Olds Motor Works, is a dury |able shade of olive green. | The equipment is ultra-complete, |ineluding nickeled bumpera, front jAnd rear, black tallored top, with slip cover to match, four special monogrammed stop ‘plates, brown | Spanish upholstery, Boyce moto-me- ter, four aluminum body guard rails, black enameled trunk, mounted on a |rigid rack, Tuarc steel wheels, fin- |Ithed the name as the body, nickeled jfadiator, which always has been a B (distinctive Oldsmobile feature, spot- |Nght on left front fender apron, | Windshield wings, rear-view mirror and windshield wiper, The arrival of this car rounds out |the line, all models new being on |display, which, tn addition to the |8ew sport model, are the standard BS Little “Michelin Mike,” or whatever his name is, has been he guiding spirit of Roy Rossman’s auto tire shop on 12th} » near Pike, since 1912. That's the nates dries in| any one Seattle dealer has handled one brand of tire, | ¥ 4 ; [new abort mode, ary the standard it ts claimed. Rossman used to be one of the foremost ama-| i ; e Rees eS 7 File te a ens th fvepassenger . ag 7 is, but} See the girls, The girls are in Wood-land park in an auto-mo-bile. The auto-mo-bile faq| dan. | sneniger coupe, two-pas- OP ee ere nce ie Papin us jnew one. It’s name is Olds-mo-bile. The girls look hap-py. The car is pret-ty, too, is it) "6 ae cab and two-passen- “ Paeariy left Mrs. Rossman widowed. Since that time | not, chil-dren? The girls are nam-ed Anna Mae Holmes and Mur-iel Dailey. They live in)" The Oldamobite factory is making confined his efforts to less sensational endeavor. | Se-attle. |rapld strides toward quantity pro- duction on the new Oldsmobile six. LELA NNUM and for all gave up the racing game | Approximately 4,000 oars were. pro- —- ScvegreginD ly on AS Keena, driving a Packard, in| reach close to 7,000 care and tee eervetvet” by reg aoe ay! nto-|one of the morning races at Tho} | schedule for the’ first halt of asta doors in the eae gui in| Meadows, the old horse and auto jcalls for approximately 10,000 cara ee ce SO BOY G. omic, [ravetcack south of the city, gave evi. Soe tao ee Hatin betine That bean (Genes that ICwas a hx day when hin Tt fs surprising to! note the to-| Sheepdog jottin, jear rolled over on him his me. creaned demand for closed cars and | aw ge pager: seattle |chanic, Al Wilkle, In one of the early sport models. Approximately 60 per | lautomobi! See { Ross. |¢vents. ‘They were not sertously in cent of the production will be closed | : Feiss siesta Nek sth nv, |Jured. | cara, sonsiating of the fivepassen | jan’s expe ‘ eh: je afternoon, the big event ser sedan, four-passenger coupe an iad those of the other ity ts one of |0-mile classic with a $50 puree hung bese Der. cent: wi be Of} q er eierest t's naore—it 1s the [2 for the wifiner. Rossman never ie new eonre model and 25 er cent | eule ridiculously small beginnings | "ished the raco and neither did at Arup n touring car] i ed into one /2¥one else, But Rossman got the nd ter. ‘The new car ta oe Me crose poeetions in Seattlo, | $50 and three permanent ecars as me- | $1,065 In Seattle F Rossman, who lays claim to having | ™eMtos of tho occasion, | bandied one brand of automobile tire |» = seggit "efor a longer period than any other "Seattle dealer, has forsaken the speed ‘track and is superintending the work hls two sons, Percy and Homer, Femaking tires, When ho isn't that he is selling Michelin auto He was driving an old six-cylinder Franklin, one of those from Grant's agency. It was unique in local auto circles. A front and rear axle had been connected; a shaky seat PN ee ORGANIZE BODY was “handled Michelins since 1912. : WS” SCENE OF ‘TIME RACES Once Rossman was a prominent amateur race-driver here. That Yack in 1907 and 1903 when “The| mission—there was only one speed | forward (high) and no reverse—and | Rossman’'s vehigle had to be pushed |by a squad of helpers before {t could vas} It had a left-hand |get under way. drive, one of the few such in the city. Bleadows” was in its glory. That| ‘Tho other six entrants, asa result, ) Was thé day when the “young bloods” | were an eighth ofa m head when of the city were forsaking fast horses | Rossman finally g¢ joing. In the Out at the dirt track south of the/first three laps of the one-mile cir. " eity for the newer and more exciting louit, he passed alt “Sutomobiles. And Rossman, as gar- | or, cal Combine a jis an Independent gasoline and oll eerv-| whi ice station owners P inary organization Thuraday at the Automotive Trade assoc, headquarters and ng together a Jona in the city y ctions were al meeting ¥ nnounded the operators ut No int h was pro- st The next time aro Rossman sited over by Jobn Markley of Fi Gage forman for Henry P. Grant, Se-| passed the srandoand en ae venna garage. As a new division Mitle’s first automobile dealer, was in| jammed—the whole town used to turn of the Automotive Tr: the forefront of local speed fiends. being perfected in Spokane and | Co., | Portland, Matal accident—perhaps the worst of |raji and a quantity of water, leaking ee the past auto race days of the city—| trom its fat, round wooden belly end that accident is one of the rea-|made a dangerous mud¢ fons why he fs selling tires today !n-|man struck it, Btead of being a retired professiona!| swerved into the fence speed pilot. Mrs. Rossman and the/ened out—took a leap two growing sons are tho other rea-| bucked into the picket fenc sons. There was Decoration day used to be tho big | crowded stands. nevent of the year for local and im-|ing of timber. The car rolled over Ported professional auto racers, and|and all was still. | “it was on May 30, 1908, that Rose. | * * * In Rossman’s office ts a| this | whe: At the Eldridge Buick headquarters, E. Pike $ been reproduced with a closed Buic k, the Christmas gift from dad to the family, as a prominent feature. The Buick downtown store in the Stuart building, Fourth ave. at Uni- versity st., has also been handsomely decorated for the holiday season. A. S. Eldridge, president of the Eldridge Buick Co., re ports that there have been many orders of cars for Christmas delivery and that evidently there will be a Merry Buick Christmas in a num- ber of Seattle families this year. ¥ spot. Ross going fast A fiat front steer hard and will pull the car to. ward tho side the flat tire is on at Harvard, a charming winter scene has car it straight @ groan from the Thero wag a smash ryed. Inside ft there is a pie Pi s and two fe me 80 Near death, and once small carved wooden box, carefully ‘ot the top of a picket fence. ‘Tt is\ | jnch thick,] November's new passenger car $i ae tvalatcantd co of torn | registration figures for Los Angeles an's hip x mob lifted the him from under and Hollywood, s reported by Mo- tor-Fax, showed the es ing rank of hf é the 10 leaders to hav been. Ford, ras i 20 5 Bia Chevrolet, Buick, Studebaker, § ch to the right, De rland, Willys-Knight, M ntered the bod the hip and moment Rossm: of 1 em. | Plain, Fair Dealing patriot tee] | pate pene There ivers other in the amateur | good day Whether the purchase of a new car, a used car, the No crawling— the GARDNER 3-Door 5-Passenger BROUGHAM Smallwood Motor Co, (ine.) Washburn Chevrolet Com 12th Avenue at East Madison pany BY PATRONIZING § Don’t exchange your used car for a Chevrolet until we appraise it. Lowest terms, lowest interest and proper service. 102 ‘ast Pike at Eleventh EA st-1069 Movable to the front and rear seats ad tds the | Overland Ct ampion. ly cushioned ar “Ask Any Gardner Owner” 1 upholste t quality of 1 118 Westlake Ave, ng their part toward add nd Champion a sturdy motor car, Overt ELDRIDGE East Pike at Harvard When ~~ REDUCE MUCH GASOLINE MEN OF VIBRATION one of the most destructive forces in the operation of a motor is vi-| bration. It not only shortens vid erected thereon and the motor was $ x life of the motor itself, but shakes ieee on 22d wholeenle, or Singing | scoped in and connected direct w Independents Formulate Lo- in» toay ana other vital units to Gee the Rotary club chorus. He |the rear axle, There was no trans the extent that such rattle and de- terlorate very ile any piece of machinery, re- perfected prelim: | gardiess of how accurate: it 1s in night | design, lation | foundation, will, when put into op- plans | eration, vibrate to some extent, with proper design, such can be reduced to a point where it ts not percept- represented at |ible and as a consequence not de-j notful or annoying. | The five-bearing crankwhaft prin- ple used tn the Gardner motor has clatic oved to be a big step forward jout for the program. Then, hugging the operators expect to become one |towards the ination of vibra- lined here are no records available of |the rail, Rossman and his i. of the strongest, and largest in the |tion,” states Runsell E. Gardner, f@ death from automobile racing In|car came to grief. A sprinkling ri te Bookane ea lee: pidtonlh apc cube, brake shoes Seattle, but Rossman suffered a near-| wagon had been left near the insite oh causes the car to/tho driving ran in doing so wo have added brilliant performance to our motor. heasiane treat An it was, | ell and Cadiline, Star and Dodge You Il have to show speed if you are Rossman has two round white scars |’ <a going to trade that old Ford or marking th ible and nearly @ A fatal wound in his left thigh. The Chevrolet in on a brand new is a little c car on his le arm as a further reminder of the crash thru the fence. ROSSMAN DECIDED 1 HE HAD ENOUGH | . . That ended racing for Rossman For Economical Transportation His wito ant with the two boys int With Seattle's New 50 MORE CARS We Are Making Exceptional Offers on Trade-ins to the First Hundr artment appraise your car before January 1st. smallest Chevrolet part or a repair job is involved in uxperionco at The Me than had no folding-chair SHOW the transaction, Washburn Chevrolet Company AS sePant Whe eee ee : pledges complete satisfaction to the customer. nepropelied auto in Beatle; Virgti or camp-stool our Used -Car Dep ‘ 1 : F y Hall, Guy Mecklum, J./T. Kenna and contrivan Our reason for this offer is ths “Look for the Gold Line Radiator axe nie. There wore several prom. | nth ieee Wey iG hurry and put this new agency START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT WESTLAKE CREVROLET7 (MP ANY Seattle’s Big Downtown Dealer OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS t SRLS aR TinRiemeetonanpmeseinre nya SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928, ‘he fan on Buick. cars aids materially in cooling the be replaced without removing any part of the mechanism reason why Make this a BUICK Christmas It’s easy under the Eldridge Buick Christmas Plan. Ask about it 7 (OMPANY New Downtown Store—Stuart Bldg., Fourth Ave. at University Street Both Stores Open Evenings Until Christmas better automobiles are built, Buick will build them better automobiles are ee =be saved! spend havo agreed that quickly, The result } abnormal depreciation. or how firm it Is in its for a pair of ROTEWEILER ® “since wo have reduced structive force to a point it is not perceptible within of our car, and —ask any Ford dealer Big Downtown Dealer WE CAN USE ed SOME SPEED we want to sell 100 new Chevrolets in a on the map, ATTLE'S NEW CHEVROLET DEALER Phone EL iot-4501