The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 1, 1924, Page 14

by I ATURDA PAGE 14 rH SEATTLI STAR | FORD MOTOR PLANT AND DEALERS STAGE OPEN HOUSE | | SEEK TOURISTS a | BY RADIO ra % } } " California City Invites Auto- | Hvis ists Thru Air | | Y ‘al ft ( : | If 7 i. | 2 J i : During bis talk : — that Hum! i few rem nea i a of the che t and most popular automobiles in the little car which bears his name. Nou 7 California whic ale Dtaeoee dao ar too act Senettralt ta the Staite farses} the motoring public, It's the Lincoln, shown above, | 8 in the coupe model, with a special body by Judkins, automotive body designer | Kis Hon a e Here's the birthplace of the Ford cars seen on Seattle streets. It will be open next ng a wan arian at om week for ingpection by “those anxious to learn how this moderate-priced vehicle i8\tunity to know what he may expect tassembled here. The plant is located at Fairview and Valley. te owen st what time of i 3 \" = A Ee i ‘ carried out with the least incon CYCLE OF OPERATIONS forcing them out of the cylinder; SPARK PLUG GAP tenae There are four things whieh must|inen a fresh che » length of the gap is KLX hias the capacity of reaching coour in an. engine cylinder a and compre t. If it is too the *|/some one million recelving sets and § cossion before it can rep As poon | fire, especialy sudden ac-|¢ is the plan of the Eureka Ch | as the explosion ccoure the gases ene 9 ve 4 Higsh ke n, for the resistance ts too| ber of Commerce, in case i ’ must expand which forces the piston | of operatic of | t fer compression, and th®|program is a success, to & ‘ down to the end of Its stroke. Upon | operations. us the safety gap|touring information from ‘time to | the completion of thin stroke or tha} neto instead or falls, in|time to keop the vacationist and : next upward stroke of the piston the] Have you read tonight's Want Ad the case of the battery « stem. si-| cunopess informed on condition | spent guses must be gotten rid of by | Columns eh tomobile Digest eth __this section of the country. ae eA i oH | = vg is ii test Ford lel d one of those to be fea- The new Ford all-steel body and worm drive chassis | ; Rodos Bi coke sabe chen the Ford Puier (hho. makes this model the world's lowest priced transportation ‘ | door) sedan. , unit, according to company and dealer claims. { | pai AEA TOR! 2a ok a= cee corer a A | Jinetead of 600 metres, thie being] we On Tuesday and Thursday, | ; yer fare thotr labors up to 10 p. m. so that HI Howa . be se of the recent Hit Paris City Council Boosts.|*ote or inc camber oc demsties pine | | The Ford Motor company's | Dealers Sora Dealers 1 e bonus of higher pay to civil — plant during 1923, reported a ‘ Transportation Fares crass srg i munca ie: |Ford Plant invites Public to| ust sir sista esse uer, ‘This item alone represented furdised tn! Wesitin:” i)" am | PARIS, March 1—The Paris city |21,700,000 francs annually, and com- | View Industry Tiesa Fen; pacaaaa Wah tess tbs council has been forced to increase | Dletely upset the plans of the econ- porares ML of $1,250,000, omy seekers. nual payro! i /EMPLOYS 750 PERSONS! irom tho time that the carloads of steel are unloaded at the mam- all transportation fares, including pete: ED ; taxicab fares, to balance its budget RAISE LAND VALUES Rass j a ¢ | 1910 and 1920 farm land | |moth, airy and welllighted assem. Ht nd carry on this year with a clean| Between rt Works Spends $500,000 in |” IUGVNUHTULTUNUOUVOUUETUURUOO002¢0 00000000000 E0000ER ATONE rm bly >: until the newly-enam- slate. The budget was balanced at | Values increased 99 per cent, on an | 3 bly works untl 1,438 million francs. | average, thruout the country. Some} Seattle During Year 4 trucks, touring cars, roadstern, states went as high as 140 per mA oupes and sedans rol! out tn end- The new fares on the Metropolitan | This increaso is a direct compliment - G reser lon profusion on the conveyors, the) and the Nord-Sud will be raised 10/to better highways, quicker and}. BY LELAND HANNUM 7 Will Maintain ; [tafe of the birth of the automobile }E= { centimes in first and five centimes| more economic farm transportation | TID you know that that WOGAS 7 cclindteds tanrvdbien: yest) Wet rf | in ‘second class, becoming 60 cen-/nnd better marketing conditions in| 4/ red brick structure out on the |. * anaitaery veladiiee 6¢: cobastaat| | times and 35 centimes respectively. | general—Automoblle Digest. jedge of Lake Union houses one of | "00 | } Auto-buses and tramways will charge {the largest automotive industries df | five centimes more. Street cleaning! Like tacks, we can only progress |in Seattio—one of the most inter-| PLAN TO COMPLETE | taxes will be raised 200 per cent. The| as far as our heads will permit.—jesting and intricate «mechanical | 290 CARS A DAY j i initial fare for taxis will be fr 400! Automobile Digest. |processes of all factories of the! with changes in the assembly ; j oe | Pacific Northwest? processes and equipment and the ar- Neither do a lot of other Seattle | rangementa of the building and {ts : nd that’s the main reason | departments, the plant management b, \ jfor @ special “open house” fo be could be able to produce 200 finished . ‘ observed by the Seattle branch Ford cars and trucks per working day, if :o : » jfactory and assembling plant at{ called upon to dose. A ; |Fairview ave. und Valley st. 19) sg structure was érected in 1013 5 % 5 ’ 7 mm} last from Monday, March 3, to Bat-| 454 started production in January. § : ; urdey, March 8, inclusive. }1914, with 160 employes, gradual J ‘ j A trip, just to suffice your curt! onjarging to accommodate the ex- onity, 9 well worth the trouble. | ‘ended territory acquired, until today | . Hero ts an industry, supplying prac: it covers several atates and one terrl- ) : ; i. y all the Ford care used in/ tory and has 15 sales representatives | j age) || Washington, thes panhandle of! under ts jurisdiction, trained in serv- s : | oy idaho, Western Montana and|iciny and sales to assist dealers, § 3 es : ‘ jAlaska. The output from the 8o| moo ‘ab $06 Galland te Chic teret | attle plant last year was 6,719] 147, authorised to sell and service | = Autos and trucks for Seattle peoble| ror cars, in addition to 400 author- | a= jalone, and 3,771 railroad boxcars| seq service dealers. Twelve dealers | % | Were sed in shipping out the @8-| iocated In Seattle helped to sell 6,000 | sembled and finished cars, cara here last year, : i | Building Ford, trucks and auto-| with the guides available to take jmobiles, at the rate of 125 per day. | ries of not more than £0 persons | i . fg Calis for & lot of “knocked-down"'| a+ a time, Seattle visitors may. fol-| 3 automobiles to be shipped into Se-| 1, thru the various departme; a an ar our Attle, and during 1923, 2,083 cars of| ana seo how open and closed bodies Z i |such freight came into the city for| are built up; how the tops are con-| a ey <I |this Ford plant alone. | Well the Word ‘eh _ |Btmucted; how bodies are painted and ell, the Ford people here wan! j tri ed and upholstered. They will a FLAT-TOP, LOW-PRESSURE |Seattls citizens—Ford owners and| seq the parts given thelr enamel others—to see how it's done end for! coating and assembled. Safeguards, i . jnext week, © battalion of capable|poth mechanical and sanitary, aro i | guides will work from 9:30 a, m.{fentures of the plant, and the fire t |to 3p. m. every day to take sight-| protection and injury protection sys. | Seeing parties around the various! tems are notable items in the admin. a | departments of the assembling | istration cf the enterprise, | 4 et 1 | = = 7 ee eT TTT TTT Monday, March 3, to Saturday, March 8, Inclusive In Conjunction With the Local Ford Factory VISIT SEE The Ford Factory How Fords Are Built “' A Fool There Was— BY SAM A. KIEFER, YAKIMA — f We've distributed Standard Four Cords for three years. We i) know absolutely what they will do. We have sold 20 carloads of these tires right here in Seattle. Thousands of automobile otvn- ers have bought them and have come back for more, k Every automobile owner who knows the Pike Street Tiro Shop also knows that we carry and seli many of the best known tires | f “ FOOL there was” and he drove a “jit,” “Even as you and I : He loaded his folks and his camp outfit We say emphatically that th STANDARD FOUR CORD {fs th And sought the mountaing high. E best tire value offered today, We can prove that Standard Four He found him a place that looked right nice 2 iF Cords are running from 10,600 to 20,000 miles —giving absolute 7 Ke A - 5 a fy patlefaction: Where the grass was green and the waters iced, on the market. Where the songbirds sang and the stately trees . j i EVERY STANDARD FOUR 18 BACKED BY THE Hummed a sleepy tune in the summer breeze. Our Shops How Fords Are Serviced | MANUFACTURER'S STANDARD WARRANTY He made his camp and he fished the creek While’ his kiddies played in the shade, Cleaning their bodies and rinsing their souls Tn a paradise God had made. * * * A RESTFUL stay for a couple of days, Then the open road and away, Leaving behind in the timber’s shade The rubbish and trash. iis camp had made, UAAVUOENUEOSGUESUUOUEOEANEAHOOUGNUELREOUUEOOOATEERUAAUEAOUEUGGUEOUGEU AUER EAHA | NOTE THESE PRICES j 90x3% Regular .......$ 9.76 | 323x444 88 full 0. S. 30x3% Full oversize... 12.50 | 34x414 88 full 0. 8. od} 32x3% Full oversize... 15.76 | 35x44, 8S full 0. S. | 31xi $8 foll 0. 8.... 18.00 | 36x41 SS full 0. S. | 32x4 SS full 0, 8.... 19.00 | 33x5 SS full 0. 8... } { 33x4 88 full 0. 8.... 21¥,60 | 35x5 88 full 0. 8. : WUxs 88 full 0, 8.... 20.00 | 37x5 $8 full 0. 8. “Tt doesn’t look nice, but what the —— 32x4% SS full 0. 8.... 26,00 | 36x6 SS full 0,8... We never expect to come back again.” Seattle KOreclh Dealers i Mail Qrders Shipped C, 0. D. Without a Deposit So he drives away, and a slumbering spark [Open Evenings Until 9:30 During Auto Show] When the wind stirred the ashes gray. ere he was a fool—this tourist gay— Pik S Ti Sh But h i mak i ut he never will make that camp again, | e t. ‘ ire op No matter how far he drives, Was a roaring hell at the dawn next day, ELit-7254 Vike St. at Boren Ave, Seattle KL lot-2195 While the fool drove away o'er the mountain's crest Glowed bright that night in a forest dark And he might have been you or T, W, 0. STANDRING, Proprietor | Vor the slumbering spark in the ashes gray In his jitney tour of the Golden West.