The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 16, 1924, Page 8

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PAGE 10 THE SEATTLE STAR | Living in Rodome Must SEEK LICENSE TEST FOSTER KEEPS THE OLD ONE, TOO AS OREGON STAT Be “Condensed Living”’ for Motorcar Tourists from Va and as far The W atch Out for Trains; This Is Danger Month\. id 1 i “COURTESY CAR (Tex 2 : ¥ ; John Foster, of the Oregon Tron Worke, this week purchased a nev kc R records on aeroplanes, sp BeeUnT is the a i Ny the left, Foster also has a 1917 Buick roadster (at the rig ht) which he has driven 100,000 miles. He likes it so well t ; Ps a train t , | that he refused to trade it in on the new one. crossing, accor te 10 plied by th state commer commission to tne statistical mittee of the conference on stre and highway safety This commit tee is one of eight groups of ex perts invited by Secretary of Com-| jy, merce Hoover to make studies of} jy FOR EXIDE hazardous game seems to be on the increase, the studies show, for increasing percentages are Paved for 1% | 1 roads Kent-Biack Diamond: Mhiles out of Kent; three gra Bt end of paving; good er meee, Veley ~ tance Diamesd: Good shown of grade crossing accl- eliccay Wreakiie: Gees dents involving motoriats. Where Use caution tn apyroa ireen river gorge. | Sonset Hishw Renton-Issaquah: Paved. Iseaquah-Prestos: Paved. Presten-Pall City: Good gravel. Fall City-Denny Creek: Good gr Denny Creek to Rummit. fair gr Tasaquah-Newport: Excellent. Auburn-Black Diamond: Via Sos Creek, | Bfavel section good. | Stevens Pass Highway: Open to Alpine; | in 1917 the propertion of motor. ists involved in grade crossing accidents was 61 per cent, this figure had grown to 84 per cent for 1 However, in fairness to the metoring public, it must be pointed out that the 1917 motor registration was 4,983,340, and that for 1923 was 15,092,177, The ratio of increase Indicates that the reckless motorist as a class is decreasing, of perhaps that the “survival the fittest’ is the “survival the safe.’" mtn river} Another factor which undoub King county; arc 1 6 tol de croas ; eal Lake Forest Park-Nerth Trunk connec | int nences the toll of grade ening) Gasolin co + One mile pavement excellent; | victims is the number of prote: upon proper carbur Balance good eravel &rade crosdings.” At the end Of 1923] Have the carbur open to White a Jopends Jar mi jall of the class I. railroads in the| justed by an experien avenue] It tn fh} tons Detour} nation had 241,692" street, nd highway crossings, of wh "| 20,250 were protected by gntes, flag men, audible or visible signals or| take other devices. Dur the year 613) der to gee AUTOS WANTED h crossings had been placed in| «mall gasoline leak ar While Japan is considering doub-|the “protected” class as a part of| buretor or somewhere a ling the import duties on luxuries, the fue Sutomobiles and kodaks are the only two exceptions that will be made. 40 well to check over con’ nd between the the ca use Mi to the « “NEW. LOCATION and Northern Electric to Open } THE MOST FROM “GAS” adjustment han! between the carburetor and In- | minutes [ AND MILLION-DOLLAR GIRLS SUNSET You can have the carburetor which holds so many world's We'll Install It In Ten Minutes If You'll Drop Around to 1507 BROADWAY \TURDAY ZENITH CARBURETOR URE MAKES SEATTLE BOW i GAS TAX HIGH cas t for Fords at $9.75 eed-boats and racing carsfor $9.75 ELECTRIC CO. EA st-0160 for was lleti consist ‘and 670! at Third and Blanchard Road Bulletin } isis ee | For tho entire 1923, th With the opening, on September 2, | KING COUNTY ROAD BULLETIN | !. ©. C. figures show, 2,268 persons of the big new service plant of the | Themes R. Beeman jwere killed. and 6,314 Injured tn)’ Ge. ak dete neat | King County Engineer grade crossing accidents, most of dla toatinte ea, Week Ending, August 16, 1974. whom w occupants of automo-| West corner of Third and Blan: hard, | All paved roads in good condition. biles. jen those killed outright,| Seattle mote ded all Renton-Maple Valley: Renton me} 154 of the injured died within 24/ the advantag 1 general mille Deyend Elliott closed: b 19 | hours. kes station Vv. good condition; detour to M. ey “ motive Via (edar Grove and Hobart reads =| ‘The popularity of this supers ii. iit rank st and | ce nec in And now a “Million Dollar Ford.” When Manager C. W. McKee of the Heilig theater decided upon this conveyance as a service car for employes of the Million Dollar Heilig, he told a local dealer to “put everything on it.” The result is the machine pictured above with five of the Heilig’s attractive usherettes perched upon it. The car is equipped with full balloon tires, the Ruztell rear azlé, engcial steering wheel, horn, rainswipe, gun vis- Announcing the Appointment of CENTRAL CHEVROLET Direct Dealers All Chevrolet Products For Economical Transportation / CHEVROLET Affiliated With Central Chevrolet, Inc., Are: Westlake Chevrolet Company 118 Westlake Ave. No. Washburn Chevrolet Company 12th and Madison Watch for the opening of our big, new, service station —the largest | and most up-to-date west of the Rocky mountains—at 1518-1520 Broad- way and 1517-1519-1521-1528 Tenth Ave.—clear through the block. Credit for Everyone TO START THE BALL ROLLING, WE OFFER: TOURING ROADSTER $1750 $31 feu) $1750m $3 Payments include all charges, interest, insurance, gas and oil, These terms are available at all our salesrooms. | i : | i 1 HH Per Month Per Month Buy that car now! CENTRAL CHEVROLET T. A, Davies, president G.W. Thompson, vice president and manager Temporary Location: 12th and East Madison Phone EA st-1442 102 SALES AND SERVICE STATIONS IN SEA TTL or, vacuum gas tank and other handy items too numerous to mention. This is the second such machine furnished the Heilig for hou | AUTOS TO COST MUCH MORE at’s Warning of Sales Manager for Cadillac Additional upward revision of mo-| Automobile Exports Near $200,000 Mark; Most Go to Australia| ™ NEW record wne os hed In ger cars and trucks during the past exports of automotive vehicles | flscal year exceeded those of any East Pike at Harvard Positive dautomativ lubrication of the Buick valve -in-head engine,fantransmission and universal joint, keeps a Buick owners. _ mind free fromworty EA st-0842 from the United States during the| other period, but shipments of mo. |" car prices, slightly lowered pro-| When better automobiles fiscal year ending June 30, 1 ac-|torcycles were less than thore of |1uction schedules and rigid mainte cording to figures just compiled by|1919-1920 and 19201971, Electric| BANC of quality standards are out |the automotive division of the de-|cars and trucks exported were alao| Standing tendencies of the Indust partment of comerce. are built, Buick will build them a the ban: {lightly less than in 1999-1938. | for the last halt of 1924, in the opin- her year of 1919-20, when all previous | LEADING MARKETS | 8 of ia McNaughton, vice presi- rooords fell, was wurpassed by the| OR CARS AND TRUCKS bre Cua eee sales manager of | huge shipments of the 12-month pe} uring 1928-24, Australia and a . uses jotor Car company. igo t frnkale eon Japan wore the leading markets, re-|1. thone netive te ne aero Only a fow short of 200,000 motor spectively, for passenger cars und|,> 1 Active in the industry and vehicles were shipped from th0/ tricky shidped’ trom the United | PY well informed motor car buyers | United States during this period.| states standing fa rin advance Ctl ne eat OF AAPG heer Ce snide the Derlod. preceding. the war, {ter national buyers Ing prices established a ew peak ot | waa only 37,198. Thus within the| , rAchig tet oheergy eriel your, | Yalue for the mo span of @ single docade annual ox fa: bub ahipthante:Atere’ tar be: d v4 » mado motor t ie 0 ‘follow ear, yut 600 per cent hose of the following year, r 00 MOTOR | ho continues, able for the production of cars at| | low price levels which could be main | tained only under the most favorable When Half the) Rope Sees | were estab! at that time, We} were in the midst of producing 4,000,- use one Piston Ring in prefer enoe to all othors it is pretty Why is it that torists will have [record-breaking year Jautomotive exports: | Cars, trucks and motorcycles | from the United States... | Cars and trucks from Canada | Foreign assemblion of Ameri can cars and trucks in American } than a year? 000 vehicles in a single year, ‘The | production for 1923 was 50 per cent} {higher than that of 1922 and 87 por| |cent higher than the average of the four preceding years. “This rate. of production has also Total .. 80,016 | Interesting Ne 8% |] good evidence of etther: lower key n zalitalueg suring tho-first halt orty of Various es of vehicles | | BUOY paitan? deadut of 1 but all indications are tha |from the United are shown in|} PMS @ ora better product | toa more conservative manufacturt sehedules are now taking effe | With overhead remaining practically |stationary, cost per unit of prod. tion and distribution is finer d 4 COLORFUL BEADING ; | IS AUBURN FEATURE General Conatruction Shows Littte Change; Add to Comfort he automo-| |the tables compl ) Shipments of tive division MARK jAMERICAN PLUGS AID GRAND PRIX WINNERS | | | (Campari and Europ Opponents | Retain Champions Thru Race | seored a in the Unit-} 12 months, | | Duplicating their s jin all the leading rac jed States during the | While the general design and con | struction of the new Auburn tine {1s practically the amo as lust yeas, | many refine OW Ring Te npion apark | THEY Aree econ of 1801] Cound Like aValve Power Hing 60e cary equipped with ( |plugs mado a clean nual racing ¢ the Interna: | Ta aabesta its have bean made, 1 Grand Prix, A t 3, accord. | |] ——oN THE proven moat BOR | et Wo wlx-43 | ing to cables to the Champion Spark | shor dos and tho} lower and deeper, provid ing inovensed riding comfort, A di tinetive beading runs the full longth | jef the car and is painted in ditrer. || ent colors, lending an individuality || |to the car —and for That OUR GUATIAN All a not, If th Reason Car seat Plug Co, | The four winners JAlfa Romeo, Divo and Benolst, in| Delnges, and Wagner in another | Alfa Romeo—were equipped thruout |with Champtons, Not one of them | [changed a plug during the entire | race, Campari m the 60dmile | |distance (810 kilo 8) In 7 hours, | Ie minutes and 2426 seconds, an ay Campari in an] 9 Kiyo pression instantly milles to a gallon |] [Wil refund your mone pay you udditional $2.00 per cylinder Proviston: Tings CYLINDER OL, ned Within 60 D: The careful engine operator never Usos too Much oll in the engine, for it | GAS orage of 70.04 miles an hour Nuy your rings from will form carbon in the compression | In the Grand Prix for touring Th if k H hi ¢ chamber, foul the spark plug Joars, a Puegeot driven hy Dau e lic py- lg SON 0. ee improper ignition, ‘Th | vorgne, also Champion equipped, Vision Ring Headquarters wage should be Inspected every “ny } > won over a field of 40 entrios, ac |] AM Meiice Nee Mention Wank |; Mogning to Koo, that tho proper || Fill U p and Let cording to same cables, ts | amount of oll is in fhe engine. “General” although it has been available less GENERAL and Lubricants thousands of Seattle mo- no gasoline other than A tank full will tell you! We could give you a vol- ume of technical reasons; but the motorist wants performance—not_ talk. Drive in at one of the Independent Stations where the Green and White Sign is shown; get a full tank of “General” and leave the answer to your engine. Coupon books for sale by all our dealers, or phone EL iot-6602. Look for the Green and White Sign at Inde- pendent Dealers OLINE Your Engine Decide!”

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