The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1924, Page 14

New Car Increase by ~ STU DEBAKER ; LATEST IS A“KNOCKOUT” SA ae) ‘Mammoth Traffic Jam Haif During Past Year "i ' Predicted This Year Ninety Per Cent of All Automobiles in the| ie ences " : ey, é World Are Found in the U. S. ‘ Ch , . Four Million New Cars Held Cause for : : Alarm Unless We Get More Space the automotive industry, the B. he most cars per capita are IF +4 ‘ » 7 rp! ¢ 2 inhabitant provement—al TS annua) stath oview of y seven people in the o F. Goodrich Rubber Co, shows a t $932,188: care. and is maintained thruc trucks in this country, This !s an |c ry Wo will havo nearly 3 Increase of 9 per | 0 cars in use, Were It po Gent, over 1922, when the total was |? Support such an average th i This . the world, there would be 645 - aes : L ih i Spade 2,28 90 per cent of| All the world's cars are found in'the | cars for every inhabitant of the : ve mittee of the : United States, | 3 The fewest cara to y oc “9 j |Chamber of Commerce The year 1923 was record break: | Por found in Alabé mia, the ‘ jon study of motort aber of ple r car being 15,5, ‘ 6 to of the promise auton ing in the automotive industry. Ev : ; * |MILLION CARS WERE J ; . manufacture and driving have ery state in the Union registered a] 115 | gi , the Aizafesoaioat Srcapeete ‘atican tt ation gain in the number of cars | Silesia be case | hy P ee ‘ye / ther aittomotive popolarity: 4s FOLKS WON'T New cars produced totaled 4. | ks wae 4,014,000, Subtract: | . 5 The rapid af ement of the in-| VAL ANY MORE fan increase of 60 per cent ov 22, |Ing the increase in registrations last j ‘ y ( 7 } |austry today, he believes, | 39,738, the result, 1,074. - 4 , eh a serious traffl n, espect 6 a . Approximate num: | P 4 \the business sections of the Rhare ls a car for every sev discarded during the past _ American cities, within the next ple in the country, Ten ye: e | ads to the belief that | 4 ” * \years. To be prepared for this we there wus one car for every 70 In-/the average life of a car ts soven es ee should face immediately and try to y thorotares. an habitants, | yea 924 over 1,500,000 L f ¢ £6 “ c with certain conditions ld ‘axpayers will awaken ¢ Automobile he state of Wash: | ° 2 produced for replace ies pointing to t Gift | sutalde of the ington increased 2 after |! poses alone, r "4 ; , Phese conditions Jordan . , , in 1923 was from 2 2,180 | portation continues to reflect itself die | ze , on . 4 f : AND MORE Thespesia cars. n growth of the automotive In : o Bi act t rt re space Four sta! of its finished ; twice as many ca a r ag all enterpr With 430,000 0.000 mc 4 ) - . and eeouted Wend smbine owl sroved highways, eve! “mp angi? ‘ . ‘ P | n a - Aer land and iat the ne sn FH 7 It’s a bearcat,” says Dode Bercot, popular Seattle boxer, who ts shown here with his '24 Studebaker light siz five-|, * fl rehants Ww pon| streets will be almost obsolete, ex : r c 2 ubat for automobile In themuselve mere lary to tho greatest of all 4, ‘The growth of populat of space prov the previous record year, Today} neces passenger coupe, Dode carries the moniker “bearcat” into the ring when he does his atuff with the leather mittens . t » idea of t 940, a gain ie 27 a taat ar me gained th and boxing fans know that he ts placing his unqualified okeh on the latest Studebaker creation in the title he hands it.| a ts ‘third w h 1,074,000. P lons of gasol 1 The boxing game is quite mized up with the automobile business in this photograph, as Elmo Jones, salesman for the Ae itend epee loo! ag here : ee aa poy side , Sands Motors Co., shown on the right, is also a member of the city boxing commis . “A bearcat of a boxer and a| “3: Es roomy and bu in any of these states during the | comprehensi bearcat of a car,” is Jones’ verdict. past 12 months is far in excess of the} - . tah an a. total registration of all of Asia. NEVADA STILL TALIL-ENDER Nevada continues tn last place with a total registration of 15,700, | Showing an increase, however, et | 22.2 per cent over 192 Arkansas shows the largest cael centage of gain with 44.3 per cent x more vehicles than were in opera- tion a year ago. West Virginia & Second with 43.7 per cent more cars and trucks, and Alabama ts third| With an increase of 40.6 per cent. ‘The smallest percentage gain, 5.2 per cent, was made in South Dakota. Motor vehicles continue to play &n important part in the growth ¢ owne n by father will be aug | two for mother bef ievery section of the country. Five a= Ss= © AUTOMOBILES — REPAIRING — BATTERIES — TIRES — PAINTING — AUTO PARTS SERiition an8 during the pest year registered gains ranging from 8.1 Per cent to 22.2 per cent. In the Byuth the average gain was approxt- mately 20 per cent, with Alubauma, | Flora, Louisiana, South Carolina) ‘and Nississipp! well above this fig-| ure. Six of the more densely populated Btates—New York, California, Ohio, : Pennsylvania, Iinois and Michigan . We Bunoy Expert —have a combined total of 6,136,216. r . This is equivalent to the country's a v Pe registration five years ago, or over : _—_ = a aniiioy o$eS25 WA Speed § FO ‘ype twice the present registration of the world excluding the United States. ‘ ~eS0S. SCH AN "The gain in these states last year, See us about getting Auailiary Ford Transmission MECHANICS Your Chevrolet Troubles 4,227,353, is double tne number of those Cord Tires retread- r to Us ‘cars now owned in all of Canoda. j Ager y mt rt ee FemRUARY, ist] |SPECIALISTS| | “aur 7 wee " led toad 6,000 Miles of Service i te ‘rae WESTLAKE cattle, — Ta- vance alee on We wh unee that we a i oma, Renton, DULMAGE TELLS | Sinisrifonréorts| |e ae $6.00 | | /4 (oc | | SARVRORET.Ao.. ‘Thurston, by Feb, lat. Sixt ie of Stx4 " state of uy before that time, if pos Sax4 .) Washington, tbe, y se Warford Sko sible, and save money tic tg Sea tg sxe Mg va nsmissions Thess are our present low their Ford prices: ulpped to handle every 2x4 ruckst Introduces De Vaux, Head of | S ~ 20x34 regular ble time a | Coast Branches Prices Reduced reir pp 7 ma) $12 We tavite | Ded Approximately tx¢ 68.8 7 a visit im our mew teen ‘The Star Motor Co. of California Twenty Per 3x4 AS. anade= has made rapid strides since it was y Cent x4 8.8 DAY AND NIGHT sERVICH METHOD Thit. at a cost Ask your favorite gara; sr organized 18 months ago. 7 co or Mxt oS.8.. 19. no higher than the four-speed axle under-drive linder regrinder, or get in At its head is Norman De Vaux, a 7 Q LS 32x4% 8.8..... ‘one of the genuine pioneers of the| oon with us. Our low prices Mxt\% S.8.. TIRE SHOP bce automobile Industry, factor of na- guste am Amburgh tixs 8.8 i » We gibt Wella tional reputation in the past 15 years, \- Other Sizes in Proportion estlake PRICE F. 0. B, SEATTLE one of the many men who grew up eaton anf urg ias's ese 1530 MELROSE EL lot-3677 EL lot-3884 TRUCK -oeeceee sittee with the bicycle industry and The Piston House a whee Shipped ©. 0. D. TOURING .., 112.00 ~ launched into the automotive world 721 East Pine Si out Deposit when motor cars first came Into oc- ast Pine Street Satie) cae. Phone BA st-1176 PUKE STREET BUY KUSKY If Your Ford Dealer Cannot De Vaux has been identified with y You, See Us eas Pe a S\ JACK TIRES| |WARFORD EquIP.co, W. S. Dulmage, local distributor. In those trying days of the “horsciess The Low Air Pressure ‘ire, 2036 Westlake EL iot carriage,” when motoring was still| which makes your auto ride like a Pullman car—thus uso your ‘reckoned as a fad which would die | a ae PERE a Pullman car—thus ‘out, just as the sport of bicycling did, BATTERIES PUGET SOUND A na Lal ocd uP dollars De Vaux was associated with W. C.} at Foar Jacks” Durant as a factory Buick represen- A Fully Guaranteed Exide TIRE SHOP Seaains “Siatriet we” S$ T AN D A R BD tative. Battery f & ee ree tne gis: BARGAINS IN JACK TIRE, STATION 1924 Third A , mediately Durant started the manu isl eed gabe yt H.W. SHARD EL fot-6008 facture of what he called the “Little” | TIRES ear, named after his cormer geuctat . manager at the Buick factory. Pro | s 5 SI ED. Sa aebene tee, duction of the Little was carried on/ We ean save you money. tzqtion of 30x34 .........$2.50 En 0.10 tralned |" apeclaitsts and all necessary in the Whiting Motor Car Co. plant at Flint, Mich. When Durant at-/ ‘ tained volume output he offered the | 31x4 . 3.00 ‘\ 5 3 : wah and equipment Little franchise in the Pacific coast : : ; y , OR SaIe: Lae, 18. etree Haeitty to. De Vaox. This car, the Suitable for Ford, Chevro- 32x4 . 4.00] |. ; cs sy u eiificienty ahd Manufacturing and Repairing of the records show, later grew into the let, Overland, Star 33x4 . Radi. Ss, a , ia. 4.50 iators, Fenders, Bodies, En: “Og 5 » ameling Auto Clocks and In 1915 Chevrolet sales had grown New, high-priced machinery belng installed to insure speed and : se Ree ee AS. large enough to warrant a factory on BBx5 9 eS, 6.00 acoumady. OLDFIELD-ANDERSON ahd Northeast Speed= " Re bi the Pacific coast. De Vaux, R. C. Distributors Other Sizes Im Proportion PHONE EAstaiun © TIRE CO. prea Siva Durant, thefi the Southern California . Stapiiet dattibutor, and W. C.| Rorthern Electric Co.| |: 7 Location, White Truck Bldg., 1021 E. Pine at 11th Ave. mince ae a eee Durant merged their interests, with the resulting establishment of a 423 E, Pike, Corner Summit Branch factory In Onkiand, Duta MA in-3232 BG RER EERE eee De Vaux remained Wd if tics te pid hens he resigned ON to i fe Star otor Co. of Cal: a A REAL NON-SKID CORD TIRE r fa. ) A FULLY GUARANTEED forn Liftle, Tim, Saye: og eget ates COST NO MORE—SO WHY PAY CASH? ; WE SELL per’ ENDABLE : 2 deny ki x3t telle you sonstantly Inventory Sale of Accessories now on. “comm sex us.» fi USED CAR CLOSED GARAGES much gas in’ your WE PAY CASH | . tank. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Emphat-| s , WESTLAKE AUTO SUPPLY | | Other stres to Proportion fecuring ori a mercueLt pevices | | Eberharter’s Garage | mio cues cams sen ene m | AL Anderson Tire ca | [ROWLAND & CLARK closed garages is contained in a bul. and Repubiiean spend Phone EL fot-2342 a “Perepual Service” Mr eFtpeal Pike—S11" ee weoes by the department of the | = rt @ a a a a Ez a > | a x | @ & h | . @ EL iot-0580 2020 Westlake Ave. Open ues the oad 4. ighes! ‘When gasoline is burned in a mo. Brees soncraithe ort oer nae BUICK AND CHEVROLET SPECIALISTS The practice of running the engine 12th, Madin 4 Senecny BA wt-0224 Resldence WA st-2702-N TIS ED. Pine St, e V. 4 PAT TERSON, i 14 E. MADIS *% 7 7 15 ED. Pine st, ED MAR LLEY, Manager r On fm the garage Is more prevalent in winter because many motorists wish to ‘‘warm up" their motor before Jeaving the garage. Motorists are ad- vined to tack, their car from the gar- age befoi n motor to run