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STAR CO-FEATURED WITH TIRE THE SEATTLE FOUR -WHEEL he. nn oungstown Cords j1 | VEHICLE BRAKE NEW SYSTEM Four- Evison in Washington | BRAKES Backing Parks Measure Flint Equipped With Federal Control A s May Be Classified at Whéel Design; Bake ! Direct From the F actory : to the People : . ty , 5 Thus These Low Prices: . E e ' am by de 0x3 Big Vabr for esta txt Oversize i 4 e * ng . tatly Oversize Pr. 4 af Oversize x ‘ t ove “* 4 ae ixt Oversize 7 r and Wild I and . . iy : 5x5 ore ine ‘ » Ww mmition ms a . Aaa ge x5 Oversize } Bie, Onazaare, Po bey 24 o vine ic ALLTUBES| | : ; | FOR BUYERS ley dog ON TIME | | . front axle the braking el dvance, ! directed thru a pin inside the ‘ | : king pin "ie yon w hich } | Western Auto Supply Opens Hupmobile Boards Will Show actusien the brake bands. Thes | Mt. Vernon Headquarters | Parts You Never Heard Of | The Flint, as shown above, handled by the Seattle Automobile Co., comes optionally equipped with balloon tires and| ¥% seen that the ine of applied |) JQHN MAKEEVER ; an improved type of four-wheel brakes nou ter of the turning radius of each ; eat 4 t front wheel, in thls respect elim STATE DISTRIBUTOR { t © t , € f fire guns. Al TO TOW A CAR nating all resistance to steering, An oye 7 ; broom an When towing famaged car the her says. There are appr ecuuipeelt w Do-net‘hitel the cars: nearer 4 © attached t motor cars ‘ > year, a eplaces t oy th © to the ok : t oa riots fa > » ty The pistons are otner Alemite point ns will awe ‘ the back of me of the tow h Alemite x wneel braking action ther 00," he. sald. Tow lines uid never be at may be filled with can b to follow the rear whee “Yet, how many of those cars tachéa to the 7 t 3 ane fi nar brakes in breaking actior r Pes.oscg have been sold or will be Cl Ene fi f » either pint the front wheel brakes as with « definite knowledge on the : td x yt other ¢ e ¢ her ¢ equal thé funetio: part of the buyer of the car's I h : t i ‘ iak> wheel ‘trakenoe real worth? Less than 10 per THE AUTO DOLLAR A > f n € t f t wheels n therefore 1 nt, I venture to say. Nearly the clothing at ting force grease int some rolling action, even afte every automobile is bought on Papas % perigee til the pressure is] the wheels have stopped. Th some such definite thing as faith. | f will damage som equalization thr of skidding, due to brak We have a hoant at a standard. Bu automobile d in simple, gutomatic is accordingly overcome ms on Ww t us part lar today buys $1.11 a9 compared nitive, The pistons} - — % Hupmobile are shown. No bette with 10 years ngo.—Automoblle Di-| Some 600,000 autos tr replenishme but| Tire dealers in this country have Hustration of the stamina, efficiency are ¢ cory is as as|more than 11,000,000. tires hand. long Ife and freedom from repair of any car can be had, except by the personal tour thru the factories where it is built, than from euch «| board. Parts are there that you never see, yet which are vital in de- | termining what performance a car will give. “There are detatis of construction ncorporated in these parte which, turally, cannot be shown. The| making of the high-grade steel al-| loys, the hardening processes amazingly careful selection of rials, cannot be graphically pre sented. But the parts themselves— | jtheir size, strength, machining and | |appearance—fiiustrate in a graphic |manner what so many owners have told us—that a Hupmobile ts a never. | failing so of motor car satis faction Such parts board takes most of the guess out of moto buying. “We know that the Hupmobile en Seiantifica ty balanced, holds the road at ati speeds. All stee! body. Om e-piece windshield Cammine leather cushions, ten tmches deep. Covel tights Standard non-skid cond tires, R. O. Anderson 0. ANDERSON has * moted to the office of branch manager for the Western Auto Sup-| ply company, headquarters at Mount Vernon. The official opening of his been pro F. a} ern Blectrical ch representa wi a view to giving the easy: | tane riding, Jar-proof qualities of io | Guenth Bosch shock absorber a personal official Be teat, a set of theae new comfort units mpan shock absorber in| Slore has been set for May 27, accord-| joys a reputation that does not suf. | Were recently Installed on the Hud cat oki" ait | ing to announcement from district | fer by a ison. It tn] Ha P sa toh be pon ally headquarters here. this re Herlies the Rome agel pre spring Anderson was with the Seattle/faith shown by Hupmobile ee , branch for the past two years. He| buyers. But our in that every anf io sp eidtatcear Tas been a resident of this city; Hupmobile owner puld know ex ve bee Oe han since 1899 and was formerly with |actly why he hag a fine automobile, ven th i ber the Auto Parts Supply company and| Why the various parts that enter| trial. has been thorol ‘ 1 with Frederick & Nelson for six years.| into {t are better, and why « bite Sci amnabebatsai “cml nade 3 construction iples make for longer life, freedom from repair and}in every The Mount Vernon store, to be} opened with a program of orchestra music, refreshments and souvenirs, prin way a far better product x) greater efficiency | these,’ it fs the 12th Western Auto Supply} ‘Performance, of course, will al-| : | Hhouxe in Washington state. wayn remain the chief ttem of in-| The display ts open at all times The new store is 44 by 66 feet and | terest in the motorist’s mind. hia is|the public. A representative fx on is Jocated on Second st, the “‘xuto|as it should be. But we would like! hand to explain either tech r{ row’’ of Mount Vernon very motorist to know the rea. 7 non-technically the various units their relationship ‘MOTOR CARS AND CAMELS USED |for this performance, t better appreciate the e that make it possible. “The parts display we are featur. ing has for Ite object the analysis of practically all the smaller Hup- | mobile parts. It {s a fact that Hup- | mobiles which have seen’ service for | more than 10 years and hundreds of | | thousands of miles are in datly op-| eration. The car produced today is Sr rr Roy Chapman Andrews Plans | Two Boston youths, Harold Jarvis Desert Trip in Autos is Fred Watson, riding a, motor |cycle with sidecar have returned to at he ma t things | HOW TO MEASURE SPRINGS In measuring the length of a| spring, take the distance from cen-| ter line to center line of spring cys, | following the curvature of the main Plate of the spring. Do not measure the straight length trom center to wenter of the eye—Automobile Dt- Find out what comfort, power, beauty $1045 will buy in a Studebaker TUDEBAKER offers a world-famous Six, a car embodying the best men know, at a price that SEE PAINTED DESERT Compare it for beauty, comfort, roominess, uphol- stery, for obvious refinements, is now equipped with BALLOO and | FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES (Optional Equipment) : Seattle Automobile Co. Established 1903 1424 East 0462 Open Evenings N TIRES Eleventh Sundays and | | | of pre | auto trucks, SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.—Roy|their home town after a nine rt . ese, Chapman Andrews, head of the thitd! worens’ tour-of the United States ' makes it folly to deny yourself a fine car, Compare it, too, for ease of handling, flexibility, Asiatic expedition that discovered the | -rhoy vinited every state’ and place | Here is the thrill of a powerful six-cylinder L-head POWet, quietness, lack of vibration. See for yourself 10,000,000 year old diosaur egg: from San Francisco port on Jt for a fourth expedition Into the Mon: golian interior, where under tho aus ices of the American Museum of tural history; 'the American Asia tle association and a dozen interested | individuals, including J. Pierpont Morgan, a search for fossilized bones | loric men will be made. — | Preceding his departure from this | port, Andrews will-give a series of lectures in the bay cities, telling of his search for the huge eggs that | have been accepted by actentists as among the most valuable contribu. | tions of recent yearn to the study of the progress of civilization. In organizing the fourth expedition Andrews will assemble a caravan of 200 camels and a large ficet of auto. mobiles and trucks, The center of operations will be Kalgan, near Peking, about 80 miles from the Gobi | desert, This arid land will be crossed | in the 1,000-mile Journey into central | Mongolla. Camels will carry reserve oline for the motor s and supplies for the expedition, anid Andrews expects | to be actively at work in the field| by the start of the summer season in 1926 OXEN VS. TRUCKS | Oxen, still used as motive power in the Orient, are helping the truck busine ‘Their cost of upkee bi has d #0 high, mount reports 1 8. consul to India, that is bec i cheaper for farmers there to use Oll, grease or gasoline destroy a tire, of interest along the Western coast and spent several months in tho| South. Many hardships were en dured while journeying—at. times the most costly cars, tholr Indian and side car were | down to the wheel hubs fn miuck * and black gumbo and in one pla the boys were forced to travel 2 jon at the rate of five miles an hour One of the rarest sights they camo upon was the Painted desert of Arizona. This is a mass of rock formation about three acres square, situated in the Mohave desert, that reflects all the colors of the rain bow. When the sun shines upon the spot, it turns from a soft color |bloteh to a mass of glaring hues, Jarvis: and Watson covered over 30,000 miles during their nine months’ tour, ‘They worked their way from start the motoreyele left. to finish, paid for and had some money GET FIRE PATROL Mayor James M. Curley has placed his stamp of approval on the new motorcycle fire equipment of Boston, which ix attached to engine house No. 50, West Roxbury. This apparatus, known as tho Indian fife patrol, will be used for wtill alarms, grass, auto and rubbish fires, to which heavier apparatus has*responded in the past, It consists of an Indian motor. cycle with sido car attached, Tn froht of the side car is a basket containing 800 feet of chemical hose, Two, three and one-half. gat Jon fire extinguishers are hooked on the back of the side car seat, Attached {o the basket containing Sedan motor; the comfort and luxury of a big, roomy body— deep cushioned and restful; beauty that characterizes S2 ae * ¢@ Now in justice to yourself, look at this car. Compare it with competitive cars at its price — then with cars selling for several hundred dollars more. LIGHT-SIX 5.Pam. 112 WB. 40H. P. Touring Roadster “(3-Pasn) | 102 Coupe-Roadster(2-Pass.) ites Coupe (5- Fee) STUDEBAKER LIGHT-SIX what you can buy with little money in a fine car cart Ride in this car, ride in competitive cars. Compari- son is the surest way oe idge an automobile. Stude- baker will Place a a Light ix at your disposal for this purpose any time you name. Buy no car at $500 or more without making this test. Don't buy blindfolded. SPECIAL-SIX SPom. 119m W.B 50H. P. Touring ~ . = » $1425 Roadster (2-Pass.) . 1400 Coupe (5-Pass.). . 1895 Sedan. . . . ~ 1985 BIG-SIX 7-Pos. 126. W.B. 60H.P. Touring . . 2 . $1750 Speedster (5-Pass.) . 1835 Coupe (5-Pass.) . , 2495 Sedan. . . . . 2685 All prices f. 0. b, factory. Teams to meet your concenience sins 1395 1485 SANDS MOTORS CoO. 1016 EAST PIKE 7) $1045