The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 14, 1924, Page 14

PAGE 14 COOPER RACING SATURDAY Girls Bring Studebaker’s Pilot “Good Luck” way t : * Cooper t in the big Cooper's record « 5 the 200-lap 4 India when he was pushing Stud Special at 105 miles taking the turns wit bis speed ten world’s fast clal’s pi in Ind an average of Jimmy Murr delayed ahead in a Deusenb GIRLS’ CHANGE HIS L Indian uper But lugk ch apolis on Decoration ¢ Stitious ones say it was brought about by the a of lett 4 good-luck mascots sent him by fem imine racing fans from all over the country. Cooper sent out a worried S. 0. 8, for some one to be his “Lady Luck.” And nearly 1,000 girls vo! Unteered to Inspire him to victory, All the other racers concede that [Gooper, driving at a record pace, And leading most of the route, should Thave copped the checkered flag. But The did get second. Cooper thinks it means 1 "is confident of winning on June 14 | BUSINESS CAR TRADE GROWS +White Truck Company Will Increase. Facilities Leaders in the automotive indus {try express the opinion that the com. sMiercial car field will show a con “tinued growth. ‘This belief is being substantiated | shy the action of officials of the White company in a new building program, details of which were outlined by G.| 4. Urquhart, vice president of the| White company, on his recent visit} ito Seattle. | New buildings for the parts depart. | (ment, the Cleveland repair depart-| iment, the engineering and research *@opartments and a recetving building | ‘with increased switch-track facilities “ure being erected. These will re #iease the space now occupied by| “these departments for regular man Ufacturing processes. | Additions of $682,808 were made to| ;the company’s capital account dur. “ing last year, including the purchase | Of service station land, new machi- jiery and erection of new buildings. The Cleveland plant now covers 31 Paeres. With 52 direct factory ) Branches and service stations fn this Stountry and Canada and hundreds Tor dealers’ service stations, White's World-wide organization has excep-| ‘tional service facilities. | “EPIDEMIC BARS ARE LIFTED TO YOSEMITE | {)_ All restrictions caused by the epl- | #demic of hoof and mouth disease in| | California have been done away with | fon travel to Yosemite national park, | {both by rallroad and over the Wa- | /Wona highway from Merced, accord. | +ing to Information reaching Seattle | ) Saturday.‘ | | The restrictions are removed as a| | Fesult of the fact that the disease has | {apparently run {ts course and also} > because of the many tourists who! «wished to make this trip. ‘ 4 | bb WORLD TRUCK MEET | | Fifty-four nations were represent. | " €d recently at the world motor trans. ‘port congress held in Detroit. Trans- Portation by motor truck and rail| Was discussed. | shed. ploys more than 50 pe THE SEATTLE STAR ES GO TO ALASKA AND CLE ELUM “ —_. $$$ GRAHAM BU WHEELS FREE With Firestone Balloon Tires We will give with each set of Firestone Gum - Dipped, full size Balloon Tires—a new set of four Balloon-size Wheels and five rims. Absolutely Without Cost There Is No Advance In Our Prices of Tires It is now no longer necessary to consider semi-balloon are two Graham Brothers’ ck buses as distributed by W. L. Eaton, Seattle distributor for Dodge Brother tomobiles and Graham Brothers’ He sent one bus to Alaska and the other nto Cle Elum, Om ie W L, EATON, dealer tn Dodg ¢ Broa motorcars, has delive arge 14-passenger buses of th [ being used on a stage line MORE THAN 50 WORK HERE ) iraham Brothers’ type, One Alaska these buses goes to Cor > havoc antics Rei sheceeee te or balloon type tires, when you can get full size tires ate between some of the neizt and wheels at one cost. Your old tires will be taken as ‘We that live tn Seattle and tn the hington see so mar of fine roads, that ommon aight to see a new ught “says Eaton, “But hose living in Alaska {t & commentary on the develop part payment. Ernest W. Ingalls Tire Co. Westlake and Denny Way MA in - 8686 SERVICE STATION MYLEX BUMPERS of the great territory, It was so many years ago there were practically no roads in Alaska. Now it s rapidly becoming a country where the automobile Is in e¢mmeun use and the buses are used for trans portation.” Eaton probably has the largest ter ritory in point of area of any other Dodge Brothers’ dehler in the world. Besides handling the local trade, his activities include the territory of Alaska, which in itself is equal to many states TRUCK TIRES PNEUMATIC TIRES CHAMPION PLUG SETS RECORD | | 12 Winners in Memorial, } Day Classic Used Them : Champion spark plugs made a 4 | J clean sweep at the great race at In dianapolis on Memorial day, in which @ new world’s record of 98.24 miles per hour for 600 miles was estab No Brake Laws Worth Unifying | ep gr ragane and widespread inter. | made est in aut has | to normal ed nm the findings of the | sible where A. A. A. investigators, Her policemen and brake inspec: | plete stop ry sald: | wheel tract ’ - F na Wy ik Wan ne legis American Automobile | wh The Western Auto Supply Co., of which the district headquarters is shown here, em- ons at this new establishment at Westlake ave, and Virginia st. O. H. Pound, district manager, declares business has increased more than 100 per ts due to the Every one of the 12 cars that fin ished was equipped with Champions “This ts, 6" sek the ‘araataat cent since moving into the new building. A large part of this business triumph ever won by a plece of auto. great demand for camping equipment. motive equipment,” says O. C. Re chief engineer of the grees of , with driver with brake not measure up to the re hen the digest of state lawn re. | "ystems than those w ng automobile brakes was sub P P. He wheels ar s for ex wheel brake layou' president race. “Of the 22 care to start, all but two were Champion equipped as the race began. One of these changed to Champions within 60 miles andj finished the race with Champions tm) every cylinder. The other did not finish, the hands of pe or perhaps rec noth egulations are tartling. provides | 4 be equipped © wets of brakes, each one reasons of Which shall be suffi to|tions that can qualify for unif I feel confident,” that the leg’ Henry said, ittee has unearthed one he’ the be ffic “ r/adoption by the states. “Of the 96 Champion spark plugs and I am » specify! “In cooperation with the American which started in the 12 cars that fin ws of this inves. | What the proper di! and thus/ Engineering Standards comm ished, 95 were still firing perfectly and au-|!t becomes a matter of personal in © motor! the bureau of standards and the when the cars flashed over the final ties everywhere to make every|terpretation by the polloe or the/ ciety of Automotive Engineers, line. Just one plug was changed. It rt put brake regulations on a | courts | American Automobile association will was found afterwards that this was plane where they will be worthy of) “A reference Is made In the Massa-|sponsor the development of tests an error. “The record established by Cham pions shows the great advance that | has been made in spark plug design and construction ¢fen in the last year. In former races at Indian apolis, drivers frequently used as many as 30 spark plugs in @ race.” chusetts law to a cl general adoption repared by |that are expected to shed some light According to the report of the com-|one of the brake lining companies, | upon this important but neglected mittee, practically all of the » indicating that an automobile travel-| question. In cooperation with thes use the stereotyped formula hg at 20 miles an hour and under jorganizations a sectional committe brakes shall be “good and sufficient” | normal conditions shouid be able to| representing all the national organ or “adequate,” terms which the com-/stop within 35 feet. Tests conducted | izations in the country interested in tee belleves are subject to too|by the U. S. bureau of standards in-| safety, is now being created for the an interpretation where such in-|dicates that it ts difficult for the av-| purpose of developing a safety code terpretations must of necessity be erage automobile to come to a com-|on brakes. FEW HEADLIGHTS ARE PERFECT IN FOCUSING Dangerous Dazzle Must Be Elimi- nated, Tests of 500 Automobiles nave Si apa | Maybe the task of rearing psi ca a | 11 children gave Maj. Frank A remarkable demonstration of the| B. Gilmore considerable ex- general need of headlight focusing on| perience in solving puzzling the part of motorists took place in| problems, At any rate, he Pennsylvania on the occasion of the | fab 5 lected headlight focusing tests conducted by | 18 just een elected to the Keystone Automobile Club of De-| the Masaryk Academie of troit. | Work at Prague, Czechoslo- Of the nearly 600 cars whose lights | pakia, the highest honor were tested only two were found to | he be in perfect condition. it ts thia| Within the gift of that pro- glaring need that has brought the| J7essive new republic. Maj. Keystone Automobile club to the| Gilmore and his family are realization that drastic steps must be | shown (above) packed into taken to eliminate the dangerous 7 “ ” dazzle of the lights of cars so as to|(2¢ family “carryall” at Montclair, N. J. Page Henry STAR: THE 27 FEATURE CAR NS Know the Car You Buy! 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