The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 8, 1924, Page 14

je <5 in ON > PAGE 14 NEW MOTOR IS HUGE HOME FOR ON DISPLAY | TRUCKS HERE Velie’s White Company Has Mam- | tracts moth Structure for Service CRANE CARRIES LOADS Latest Departure At- Large Crowds Free Monthly Inspection Is Feature of Work praons structure—tt hav 4 its mech nical wonders—with t floor 2,000 square space, and comprising equipment for carrying heavy loads such as you seo featured in mechan: ical magaaines—with a stock of spare > truck parts totaling $96,000 val and a now car k inven That's tho outlay of the Truck Co,, De White} rding WASHBURN SETS <== SALE RECORD == Increase Their Here with ultramodern ment of de. vice build: cal marvels industry om all parts ated well to tion of Seattle congested traffic Chevrolets Popularity White trucks is offered pur 7 Yo util are passe with a igned mo- the motor urs time on a thoro argo “traveling workma or from ¥ unit of it without kage dang travels the entire building in two min and {s a wonder in itself. tank and chatn lift ts used jepartment to Jean all parts unde: mpleto machine shop ¢ NEED AUTOS one-fou: tobe quia aly ‘open sheer on steel fab-| uction of the} it is ac| Communities Far Away companied by © orchestra | @nd will Saturday evening ‘The saturation point of the auto- | The starts with a showing | mobile is far off so far as the of the physical testing and metal-| farmer is concerned, points out W.| lurgical laboratories for tension and} Dulmage, Durant dealer. A re other tests and also shows the tor-} cent research by the National Au-| sion machine for trying out axles,|tomobiie Char@er of Mesh drive shafts and other similar) shows that altho the-farmer owns parts. 30 per cent of all the motor cars,| The foundries, the pressed steel) there is still a big possibility of in- plant, the drop forge department| creasing salea in the rural districts and the heat treating rooms are alon the basis of population bedlam of heat, shock, vapor and| ‘There are only 76 cars per 1,000 molten metal tm actuality and the| persons in the rural districts, ac- romance of the modern Industrial! cording to figures submitted, developments are brought out in|compared with 127 automobiles per the film with remarkable fidelity.|thousand in towns having a popula-| | tHlon Of 1,000. upwards. The owner. ship of motor cars is proportionate. | ly heaviest in villages of 1,000 to 5,-| 600, which have but 9 per cent of the population of the United States, | jand yet own 20 per cent of the total | automobiles. | It may be that the rural use of| than would appear from these tures because 4 probable that thousands of cars| ually owned on farma are regis | as from the nearest small town. | Would account for the extra registration in the village The Flint Tho sensation of the show, week. We want you tq ride in this ear, to‘mppreciate its wonderful perform- ance. Call BA st-0462 SEATTLE : = AUTOMOBILE co. Established 1903 1424 11th Avenue DIRECTORS MEET Directors of the Longview Chamber of Commerce met in the club's quarters in Hotel Mont! cello Thursday night to hear re. ports on committ Investigat- ing the auto tourist park location in the city and change of quar. ters for the chamber. jeiting, wherever ponsible, WHITE THE SEATT TRUCKS. ARE Ri THIS SHOP, EBUILT Headquarters of the White Truck Co.,at Dearborn st. and Rainier ave., FACTORY BRANCH -SERVICE. SALES ory Wa TRUCKS| De TeSP ERC RCT EEN NENT aBl D:H 8 Sh Vi SARE 51 heiiaseall are shown above in cut No.1, At No. 2isa view of the repair and car storage rooms where the motors are removed, showing the huge crane traveling down the room with a crated motor unit. No. 3 is a corner of the m nachine shop with lathe and drill press at work, No. 4 is the parts room with clerks on hand to service White trucks, while No, 5 presents the specially designed motor stands used at the big building. Women to Beautify Lee Highway Saturation Point in Rural | Transcontinental Route to Be Bereft of Eyesores Along New York-San Diego Line Above, from left to right, Mrs. J. D. Varnell, president; Lockett, consulting chairman route. ASK REPORTERS. FOR AID! Papers Are ‘Asked for More Explicit Accident News Newspaper men thruout the coun: try will be asked to co-operate with |the new American Automobile asso: Jon in its effort to to the need for © driving by the exact cause of each accident or fatality. ‘This announcement comes from | the Washington headquarters of the | A. A. A, following a discussion of | |the plan with members of the Na You've heard say many times: old-time motorists “It it wasn't for better carburetors @ car wouldn’t run on the kind of gas we get now. If only we could get the old-fashioned g: And now you can! General Gaso. line, made improved process, retains all those elements that gave the old gas its pep. One tank of General Gasoline will prove its quality. Try one tank Note the quicker starting, the fuller power, the zip and go of your engine. Check your mile per gallon and you'll see the economy of better gas at the same mone Fill up today—et your engine decide! ‘Look for this signin Green tnd Mite at Soarptent your engine COUPON BOOKS for sale at all our Dealers, or Phone EL fot-6602 GENERAL |. GASOLINE f “clean power/” Copyright, 1924, by General Petroleum Corporation |press the A jat St. Paul and Chicago. Press club. als of the A. A. A. aro in fa | vor of featuring automobile accident news where it will have a good In- fluence on drivers as a whole, but believe that unless the news 1s pre. sented in such a way as to lead the reader to a clear understanding of the causes the journalist does his| paper as well as his readers an in-| justice In presenting the matter to the A. A. official quoted several automobile manufacturers in saying that the news of automobile accidents treated as generalities has a very depressing effect upon ner- vous drivers, causing them to “think” accidents when their driving i otherwise satisfactory |Sees Record Vear for Tourists Here Reports of a record rush of tour ists to the Pacific summer were confirmed here t elson, assistant gent of the Northern Pacific , Who Just returned from con- ference with offi is of the railroad The traffic in sight, as a res ational been carried on much greater than was expected, Nelson decared. officers of the womans Northwest this | Mrs. A. A. Yeager, of historic development. o- WASHINGTON, March 8 “euch | of a woman's hand will be observed along the const-to-coast Lee high way. Kyesores over the route, to stretch |from here thru 11 southern states }to its terminus in fornia, be eliminated by th woman's div’ }fon of the great transcontinental lane, headed by Mrs, James D. Var nell, president, of Nashville, Tenn Pr am of the chapter calls for planting trees, removing debris and rectoring historic landmarks. United chters of the Confed eracy have fp assistance to are to cate tho pub-|the woman's division in carrying|clation and the out sere program Stein BUYERS FLOCK TO MARMONS Appreciation of Cars A marked Increase in the mechan {eal understanding of motor cars by the general public has been noticed week by Hughson Motor Co., and Summit, Pine local Marmon dealers. “Every place we have found more interest and enthusiasm in the Mar- mon ear than ever before,” say of: ficlals, “Marmon salesmen on duty have reported a noticeable tendency on the part of prospects to ask more tech. nical questions than ever before. "Because of the fact that the gen- I public has a better knowledge f motor, car design and construction, it is neces: for automobile sales. men to be tter equipped and bet- ter educated than ever before.” Are you looking for a new place to live? Turn to the Want Ad col umns and let them find you an Jother place rather than run all over town, division, secretary-treasurer, Below: Average Prospect Has New} at the Seattle automobile show this} GETS ANOTHER FIRE MOTOR Big Hose-Engine Car | Longyiew’s second fire fighting |eiant arrived this week. It is an American-La France, type No. 75, ,|160-galion triple combination hose, motor, pump and engine car, and an exact duplicate of the equipment that | | han been in service here since late | last fall | Both the Longview machines have | nix-cylinder motors, have 105 horse- power, are equipped with two 10- inch electric head lights and one 10- jinch electric search light, a 30-gal- hors gravity feed gasoline tank, loco- | motive bell, 1,200 fect of two and| Jone-half inch hose, a siren horn, a 40-gallon chemical tank, 200 feet of | chemical hose, one 20-foot extension ladder, one 12-foot roof ladder, axes, | lanterns, extinguishers, ete. | The engines aro of the same type| * those used tn § Longview Receives Second SATURDAY, MARCH g © ) ACCIDENTS RANK HIGH IN U. S, Paradox in Safety Figures Shown by Expert EDUCATION IS BEGUN High in Prevention Yet Has Most Crashes Ham H managing direc tor of the Nation Cameron, sum up the effor of mafety cates in this ee try to workmen he CAMER beginning of @ pro- t for safety " he replie n entimates But the Un es is taking the Five hundred acres of spruce trees are cut down nually for the p ing from which paper for the United States’ postage stamps for a sing! year a made. eel Gardner brake action is quick and gure, Se. in 7 feet 1 inches at 19 miles an hour; in 28 feet 1 inches at 29 miles; in 150 feet 10 inches at 40 miles, wick « to 25 ; seconds —4 to Gp miles am horus bn SMALLWoop MOTOR CO., ING, 1024 E. Pike at 1th BA wt-1009 See eee Sao HONOR CADILLAC reh the 266th birth of Antone la Mothe Cadillac, pioneer plorer and founder of Detrai It was for this nob t the Cadillac Motor Gq named and it was his coat of ich the company has adopiel This season’s smartest Sedan $1,795, Velie owners desire some- what more in comfort, lux- ury, power, flexibility, and in the final details that mean unalloyed satisfaction. Yet the Velie purchaser pays no more,and forcertain models actually pays less. This Seattle Northwest Velie Co. Pine at Boren Lee Highway association: and Mrs. A. P. Map of the Lee Highway} ‘AUTO GLUB MAN LAUDS UNION Alvin Schwager Cites New | Association as Needed jtional = automobile jthe American associations, Automobile AR80- National Motor. ist axsociation, will combine as the | eer American Automobile associa- | |tion, is gind tidings indeed to the motorist who realizes the importance of concentrated, centralized effort in| behalf of the motoring public, clares Alvin Schwager, a member of the board of directors of the Automobile Club of Washington. | In this ‘one organization will be unit Jed the activities of about 700 motor | clubs, with more than a million | members. | The folly of continuing thelr sep- jarate ways was brought home forcl |bly to the officials of both organiza. |tions in particular by the marked | Indifference of the house ways and) |means committee to the motorists’ pleas for removal of some of the ex- cise taxes on motor vehicles, and particularly the tax on parts and re- pairs. Theso Intter taxes motor organiza. tions consider espectally unjust, and it is believed that they would have been eliminated at first consideration of tax reduction had the motoring In- teresta of the country been properly united in their expressions of objec: tion to the continuation of the five| excise war taxes on motorists, (Commonwealth Club. to Hear About Port G. F. 0. Nicholson, engineer of the port of Seattle, will give an fl. lustrated lecture on Seattle's port | |properties and the development. of | |port business and trade at the Com. monwealth club meeting Monday | night at 6:30 at Dartnail's cafeteria, this year. 12th and E. Madison For Economical Transportation Mutual Appreciation To our customers’ good will and their endorsement and recommendation we attribute our record delivery, | “The news that the two na- Saturday, March ist, of 34 SEE US FIRST. 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