The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1924, Page 16

; a Fall City he finds a good paved road | the line of least resistance, missing Ph, Beattie altogether. ; a Mumber of motor parties it misses te join the blocks effect ) themselves. A section 10 by 12 feet Lack of County Paving Is | | Of its prospective tourist visitors é Autos Carry on Errand of Mercy “Blossom Time” Singe Appear for BY G, LUCILLE BUTLER | suggestion was put up to the com Last November, wen the & |pany’s manager Mr Howard ert musical production, “Blossom th, he at once put it up to the Time,” came to the Metror n} cast, asking for voluntecra, Isnever theater for a week's engagem &/saw anything so spontaneous tn Number of tho principals in the cast} my life. Without asking where or Rayo a precious afternoon to the| how, the principals and many of patients at Firlands—Seattle's tuber-/ the chorus signified thelr desire to cular sanatorium, near Richmond! go—to give of their time and talent Beach. Gertrude Lang, tho little prima Th Durant automobiles, provided) donna, Mme. Halina Brusovna, Mr by the W. 8 Dulmage Motor com-| payenny, who plays the lovable pany, about 20 of these generous rt; Ralph ® Warren players went out and played and Hackett, Hall and gang to the sick folk, thus bringing | ponry, and others, filled the long #o them a pleasure, the memories! corridors with golden song, ¢ of which will linger while life shall) jess of the cold alr pouring thru last. | open-alr wards It fs not unusual for theatrical fo gamperamental excuses of, people to do “stunts” of various) “catching cold” with them. Just a Kinds, for various reasons—pubdlic of wholly human, gencrous ity being not tho least, but in the gid: to’ bring an afterncon's case of the “Blossom Time” com neas from pain to the still pany tho visit to Firlands, ‘and the concert given there, were forthe sole purpose of bringing pleasure to those unable to seek It. Firlands is an Institution near to the heart of Seattle and when the | RUBBER BLOCKS : FORM PAVEMENT Akron Site of Initial Experi- ments With Traffic Paving with rubber blocks was Yald this month for the first time} fm the United States, by the Good: | year Tire & Rubber Co., in a section | of the strect fronting plant. The rubber blocks resemble com-} mon paving brick in size and shape, with the exception of a tongue and two sides | {ts Akron » §roove construction on together The bottom and wear- of the blocks are in a close union. ing surfaces smooth. = With the ends and grooved sides} dipped in hot tar compound to form water-tight joints, the blocks are “laid. on a concrete base covered with a coating of the tar com-| pound. Goodyear engincers received per- tmission from the Akron city coun- il more than a month ago to lay section to test rubber block pav-| Ing compounds and construction, as ‘well as to determine the wearing if traffic upon the blocks | 2 was tid tn the street directly in front of one of the factory en- TYtrances where loaded trucks passing Ang in and out will give the paving @ thoro tryout. Purpose of rubber block paving is “Ywo-fold. engineers explain. First, M reduces traffic vibration found in other pavements, thus protecting the Mechanism of vehicles riding over it. On bridges it ts said to be the “Means of cutting down on the steel Work required to withstand vibra. tions, also minimizing crystallization _ Of the steel, because the rubber takes Up part of the shock created by traf-| fic. _ _ Second, rubber blocks reduce traf- | fic noises and are expected to prove ‘useful in deadening sound in hospital quiet zones, apartment courtyards, Station platforms and other places | ~ where trucking and travel are con- | Biderable. SEATTLE NEEDS | — TOURIST ROUTE ik Blamed for “Passers” Seattle is losing fully 30 per cent thru the fault of King county to |Pave approximately 15 miles of highway between Fall City and ' Kirkland, say Seattle motorists who ave watched the annual influx of Tourist travel into this section of the state. ‘ As matters stand, it was pointed _ out this week, there is a paved state _ xo0ad for tourists coming In from the East, from Fall City southwest thru “eIssaquah and Renton, moving away from Seattle. The logical route for ‘visitors {s from Fall City over the ) county road to Redmond and Kirk- “fland and across Lake Washington “to Seattle. When the motor party arrives in leading southwest. Desiring to visit {Mount Rainier, he heads south over The next day vhe hasn't time to come back to Se- fattle via Auburn, Kent and Mar- way, ard so he misses Seattle Seattle misses him. The road 1s paved for a distance “Aoutheast from Kirkland, and all Dut 15 miles ts excellent. The high- “way in question ts not a state proj- | ect and that leaves it up to the King county administration to pave "this road and bring Seattle the large erwise. oth U. A. A. IS DECLARED BANKRUPT BY COURTS ‘” Teeag United Auto association has been declared « bankrupt by Judge , Of the supreme court of the trict of Columbia, according to American Automobile associa- tio This asosciation, a privately _ owned corporation, had its national Sheadquarters in desk space in an- Other office in Washington, D. Cc. Players CC YMEDY FOL KS IN THE SEATTLE STAR DURAN’ _AU TOS C HE 12 R rs Ride in Durants to Sick Folks s on the long rows of white cots. Bloase New m York g back Thne,” with” the cast as before, fo us—playing a ement at the Metrop encing February the same is. com: week's en com Me T players from across and th know affected heartfelt greeting. WILL CONSERVE. STATE FLOWER | Three State Bodies Unite to Save Rhododendron who ‘knew the footl who were them in thelr extend a own roles, | Seattle thru to the ous nm habitat king i CORDS We were fortunate tn pick- ing up a carload of these high-grade tires at a greatly reduced price, and advise you to take advantage of these low prices. | These are a strictly first- class tire and we will back them up with our reputation. ALL NONSKID CORDS 20x3% CL. 30x3% 8. 8. 3x4 8. 8, 32x4 Reg. ... 32x4 Oversize ... 32x4% 8. 8. 33x4% 8. 5. . 36x4% 8. 8. . 33x5 8. 8. . 35x5 8. 8. .... Mail Orders Shipped C.0. D. 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COST NO MORE—SO WHY PAY CASH? 98 per cent of us would have no home if we could not buy it on Easy Payment i Tires are a transportation necessity, Payment) Dig Saving in Ante Sq) . * WESTLAKE AUTO SUPPLY mot WESTLAKE ai Open Saturday a LLL LELELELL it THE HOUSE OF A MILLION PARTS Parts tor Nearly Every Make and Model of Car GEO. W. MILLER CO. HD MARILLEY, Manager “Bay them from as on Eony TIS K. Pine St, PATIEN chorus and principals entertained patien ts at the Firlands sanitarium on their last appearance in which furnished four Durants to carry the singers are hoping D ulmage and the musical comedy folks are going to be gener- ™m a rear porch floor, of gas. The Gardner famous five-bearing crankshaft motor. The result is a smoothness of well- harnessed power, a swiftness of accel- eration and a flexibility of operation you would expect to find only. in much higher priced cars, Leaps ahead from 5 to 25 miles an hour in 7.7 seconds. 60 miles an hour in high gear—with no perceptible vibration at any speed. Goes from 20 to 25 miles on a gallon Smallwood Motor Co. 1024 East Pike St. at 11th GARDNE Freedom from Vibration is the car with the Ranges from 2 to “Ask Any Gardner Owner” INC, EA st-1069 Quick getaway—5 to 25 miles in 7.7 seconds—2 to 60 miles an hour in high. din walls and roof are thoroly | 4 Treaspas of| the loxs thre 4 and it must be Insulated yith bullding felt. When m as ican wee hrth ndrona F stopped.” IS EXPLAINE D : the w # turns cold, he opens the he rhododendron Yashington’'s | . Autodata a! joor between the basement of h state flower—is menaced with ex?) \\. eatin cae hae his x:| ‘Three rooms anda bath on wheels| “A friend of mine nolved the prob. |) ot De weer 5 aa uttictent tinction unless autolsts, particularly rnaid. “It wouldn't be so bed| wan one of the g novelti¢s of |'¢M of keeping his garage warm In} yori ¢ y In to make city motor parties, stop pulling); thoughtless motorist could get | the Paris Motor § year, The | winter building it against the leasy starting in the morning | jthem up in Kitsap county and in the sacrilege of| autor o bungal a wheel bis houne," myn Ar-| “It has also provided him with a| the Hoods canal districts where added, “but the| base of 20 fect. T' bedrooms r, president of the|wonderTul fruit and vegetable cellar, they grow most luxuriantly, fact im that the rhododendron 4s a|for three people hroom, Automobile school, |as the walls are lined with shallow That is the alternative announced) short-lived plant and is wilted by|k o nes, The shelves, at present inden with Jus-{— by the Automobile Club of Wash-|the time the party gets them back! dri alr in the ated for the flor | clous canned fruit, Under the work | | {ngton working in co-operation with| in the city front room and A 60-horne. » the basement floor, |bench are »ples, potatoes, the state park board and the State} “It wouldn't be so bad-if motor-| power engine hicle sells for ¢ a nultable slop for getting in| carrots a Parks association to preserve this| ists would cut the flowers off back > with the it a drain} “In a few cities the building code distinctive Washington flower, Doug-|from the ronda, either, But they of the A to carry |prohibits an opening between | Merce rooms to rooms at the corner jlas Shelor, auto club mahager, an-| go right to the thickest growthsand| Motor travel into Calif from r that might houre and a garage bullt against it,|of Central and Van Buren, | nounced today that several hundred| pull them out by. th the North is just twice as heavy at part of It i but this construction {s permitted |fares that carry most of the tourist signs are to be posted in the rhodo-| flowers are disappear this season of the year ax last year, | r¢ mea at Just the proper helght nearly everywhere |traffic th ‘Seat us a ieet iilins those Cord Tires retread- ed at these low prices: 6,000 Miles of Service 30x3!/2 $6.00 3ax4 Mxt 32x45 B3x4'4 NEW METHOD TIRE SHOP 2101 Westlake EL iot-3884 trained specialists tools, and. equipment enable us to serve Sixt | $i0 34x44 you efficiently and S2x4 $12 3xiy J ‘An. organization of accurately. 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