The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 14, 1924, Page 16

TOUR, _ RADIO OUTFIT, ON AUTO Camper Travels, but Keeps in Touch With Home or SS, amp at W family 2 ee ake Wents he sits down a ‘ the « sip of his home town ‘Then w the Venice station ts thru broadcasting, he t dials and listens Les An eles and The trip to Seat Mmakes the fourth Gity on va “I am sure your summe Weather,” he sys. “And I 4 mind a bit bein ay from } , long as I sit 4 at even the ent! so north t British © And at tt ferred to as ing the co: e¥ery nigh REPLACE BRAKES Star Lowest-Priced Auto | With 4-Wheel System | “One of the dist The new shoe-type brakes on [ the economy Tining when th: says W. 8. Du ip Durant and S “This is so bec Be purchased or Tined installed for a Of relining the con brake. “Both Durant equipped with si Shoes are simila the brake shocs trolleys and steam cars. course, they a: there are two Operating on both sides “The brake drum pass these two shoes. Wh rakes are Applied the shoes squeeze the drum Wetween them. The shoes cover only bout one-fourth of the circum. erence of the drum, so the amount of lining is much less than used or the conventional type of band brake. but the braking efficiency ts equally great. “The Star car is the lowest priced far in the market on which four Wheel brakes can be had.” ye auto camp Wen “the m advantages of This radio set makes it po: Coast, yet not be outside of 1 wheel, between The new highway between Ellens burg and Yakima along the Yakima Fiver will not be open for travel be. fore September first and perhaps A carload of new model Ci out of the car doorway. THE SEATTLE STAR BUT “LISTEN IN” AT HOME _ | — ssible for R. C. Wentz hearing distance of his of Ver Woodland Auto Camp tuning in a California station. leveland cars SANNA WASHBURN COMPANY NOW Balloon Tires (Firestone Gum Dipped Cord) with 21 Base Wheels optional on Washburn Chevrolets At $50 Additional Charge all Models A Balloon Tire Equipped Chevrolet Touring $700 Here Is the Lowest Priced Balloon Equipped Car Washburn Chevrolet Company 12th and East Madison malate — Sea UQUUUGUOUUUAUUONUEOAUEUGUEGUEOOUEAUUAUUUGCEUOUEUAGEAOUEUAUEUAUERAO UAE USE SUULAHLAHTA Now Offer New Ca DAYTON, Ohio, May 14.—Succeas ful use of ethy! gas, the anti-knock fuel tried out in Ohio by the General Motors Chemical Corp., has resulted n the decision to distribute thi energizer” od States east of the Rocky mountains. In addition, the same corporation is soon to bring out m remover w uout the Un’ chemical car h st the mo. torist only 6 ce Inder and a cy in said to produce better reaults than | § burning, The carbon remover is being used now by taxicabs in Chicago. ‘The ethyl gas, or anti-knock com pound, hag been under test in Ohio cities for several months. Altho three-fourths of its users are said to have enjoyed increased m from its use, its distributors rema thé gas is not intended to produce this result directly. Its purpose ts to make up-hill driving and other forms of motoring under difficulties jeasier, to eliminate the knock in en jgines that result from carbonization land pre-ignition. Due to its use a driver is able to carry his spark advanced in hill climbing even with a badly carboned engine, Before the war, the compound forming ethyl gas used to be quoted by the German chemical firms han diing it at $580 a pound. Now its cost has been reduced to $2 a pound Tho new gas {s distributed in spe clal one and five liter cans to be placed into special pumps connected with the gasoline pump and sold at a difference of 3 cents more for a gallon of fuel, The mixture with the gasoline {s made in proportion of one /OVERCOME BLINDING LIGHT WITH SCREEN | The danger of the blinding lights of an approaching car at night has| been entirely overcome by the simple | invention of the pennantwshaped | sereen-glaro which {8 adjustable any windshield, open or closed car It consists of a pennant-shaped, per forated metal-screen, backed by a sheet of colored pyroline which ef. fectually absorbs the brilliant rays of the oncoming car without hiding its contours, The scheme of the pen nant shape catches the lights of on coming cars and still leaves vision of the road, Fully 64 per cent of all automobile accidents are due to glaring, dazzling headlights and| to | a clear] |28 per cent of the 14,000 deaths duc to automobile ucecldent. last year | were due to dazzling headlights, it is plaimed, What, it 18 said, will be the long. est “white way” in the South is to be mado by electrically Nghting the 32-mile concrete highway between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, home. 0 was received this week by the Seattle Auto- mobile Co., Cleveland distributors here. Here the photographer shows three being run yl Gas eo | the Pacific here the Cal., He is to tour how? at Is Success rbon Remover, Too) of gthy! gas to 200 gall | ens BETHYL DYED RED | FOR DISTINGUISHING For pre vo purposes the ethyl mus is dyed red, and in kept in plain | of to this fuel was d the spark plug ter-| the lead tn the com-| olsonous. The first ob- | en eliminated by adding 4 halogen bearing which neutralize the of tho lead oxides to attack | the spark plug terminals. They are} ethylene bromide and trichlor-ethy- lene. To the objection that the gne ts| poisonous, the chemists of the ‘dis-| | tributing company produce résults of | | experiments they conducted in which | they found the effect of inhaling the lead fumes to be negligible. Lead} deposits were found after the tests, but they were only slight and prac- tically harmless, the engineers report. | How’s the Road? The bridge across Henderson bay between Purdy and Wauna on th Gig Harbor-Bremerton road was closed for repairs last Tuesday and | will remain closed for a week or 10) days yet, The detour via Burley 1s be- ing marked by the county engineer, according to # report furnished by his office to the Automobile club of Washington, | what compo | tenden Construction work on the Olympic | highway at Morse creck delays travel at thiy point. Frequently this road ts | closed from 8 p. m. to 8 a, m. and motorists are advised to make local | inquiries at Sequim or Port Angeles | before proceeding. eee The state highway department Tuesday let a contract for the con struction of nine miles of the Gig Harbor-Port Orchard highway. This | work will be finished in time for win ter travel eee Paving work | progress from Ethe! east for a distance of five | miles on the National Park highway A detour is provided over road along the pow in a plank side of the construe tion The state highway department is widening the grade on Rock creek canyon, between Goldendale and Mabton, and with completion of the work now in progress on t motorists will find it a road to ue between the Columbia river highway and Yakima during the greater part of the year. At the Present time .this road is not advise. route doslrable ‘Tex, able. | ‘Duco Finish Inventor Can Be Thankful Over Livestock Contagion! re 4% Lotte tees. share of v ne Has 27 Important Features Our Service Has 57 SEPTEMBER SET 2¢ > a Any one of which would offer a good trough (abe FOR DISPLAY reason for you to bri your Star Car ’ t chemicals to » into our Service Department for a thor- ‘2 Buick Demonstrator Outfit » a a a ecg mercer, if no wor) , Will Visit Seattle Sees 7 tapecKOn cdets you ca nothing. oe paper the count Howell-Bonness Star Motor Co, Leggdb gs A“ Phone MA in 2400 919 Olive, corner Terry *" eo x a ot x + x + x oe x > x ea & the ren ot the pres Sales and Service 3 Ni ’ , Direct From the Factory a ne | KKKKKKKKKK ache ete-pr Duco. This . tI M e—60_0ak}eeeeee—Ss>—————— Augunt 1 find tom . ng be ¢ ed, I old t wns can be used to ad. : Ps 4 thet. # os ne Hiway | Antonio, Tex.; I Oklahon uch items as 5 washers : : 7D City, Ob K fo.; Lin-| and screws e can Is ¢ » half o The bookings during the month in, Neb.; Omaha, Neb 1 Des! longitudinally and end ba of September will include Bill M lowa 4 with wooden plugs, which also oie ings, Mont.; Butte, Mont.; Spo IE By rackets, fastening the trays ackage kane, Wash; Seattle, Wash; | | Ail te thebed oe t wall, Wh seem t Portland, Ore. and San Fran bs oer swe ree 8 should be painted to Nage, burn brighter than November 7 at Des Moines them from rusting. —Auto. co, beginning ord The 10,000,000th Ford car left the Highland Park factories of the Ford Motor Company June 4. This is a production achievement unapproached in automotive history. Tremen- dous volume has been the out- growth of dependable, con- venient, economical service. Runabout 8265 Coupe $525 Tudor Sedan $590 Fordor Sedan $685 All prices 0. b. Detroit SEE THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER The Touring Car *295 F. O. B. Detroit Demountable Rims and Starter °85 extra